Currently, to add your data to datatoy.net via twitter you need to use a few markers in your tweets. For example, to register your 2 pints of stella on a friday night you need to tweet:

*beer :2 stella !in the globe

Now obviously it would be better, and more enjoyable for your followers, to simply tweet:

Enjoying a couple of pints of Stella at the Globe

That’ll work sometime soon when the parsing routines get more reliable. But for now - in order to play with the tables and charts monitoring your training or drinking via your usual twitter client just add a * before the collection and a : before the entry. A few examples:

*bike :10Km !windy track your cycle training

*visa :32 amazon !mainly CDs track your spending and get pie chart breakdowns

*visa ?total check your total spend on your visa

*coffee :starbucks !latte monitor that caffeine intake

*lunchwith :jane keep track of your sociable dining

We’ll continue to obey these markers even when the natural language parser is better so you can be 100% sure we’ll catch your data.

Remember to make sure @datatoy is following you before tweeting stuff!

You can create a page for yourself at http://datatoy.net/user/your_twitter_name just by following @datatoy on twitter.

Datatoy will follow you back and start creating your charts automatically. You don’t need to give us your password, authorise anything, or do anything else.

Once datatoy is following you, just start tweeting things like *food 10 biscuits to create your first collections.