http://blog.trevorboyle.com/wp-content/uploads/twittersphere/Twittersphere-Visualizer.html
Having had a few days off from work over the Easter break, I decided to… work.
Using the AS3 twitterscript library (http://code.google.com/p/twitterscript/) and a php proxy script by Woven Interactive (http://woveninteractive.net/?p=45) I have created a simple flash visualisation of Twitter’s Twittersphere.
The flash application periodically requests the latest tweets from Twitter and then animates them in the sky.
I plan to add some search functionality to it at a later date, but it’s now time to go buy some cheap Easter eggs and drink some beer.
Twittersphere Visualizer
Very nice My Boyle!! I’ve been playing with some Twitter apps as well. Most notably this little JavaScript plugin that pulls specific themed Tweet quotes into 3rd-party sites. Check it http://tweetquote.co.uk/. Got a soundscape idea I’m working on as well, although generative music in AS3 is gonna be fun…..
This is great Trevor – nice work
An easy way to get a particular user’s tweets is to load their RSS feed as an XML file. Easy-peasy. No need for api shenanigans!
Just do a TamperData on their RSS to get their unique id number:
http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/22029787.rss
Hi Trevor,
Nice but recommend you darken the tweets. Light blue on a light blue background; I couldn’t read them…
Due to popular demand (as in every single person I have showed it to has mentioned it), I have increased the contrast between the background and the text.
It was a conscious and artistic decision to make the text not so easy to read, but looking back on it and after the feedback, perhaps not the right one :-P
Was just passing by and found this post, the app is mesmerizing! It would fit nicely on twitters website :)
That’s pretty neat! I love how the birds twitter by. It doesn’t seem to working at the moment though, but cool nonetheless.
Thanks Ryan. I believe the reason why it is not currently working is as a result of the rate limiting. http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Rate-limiting
I will have a look into it when I get a chance.
I am hoping that the rate limiting was the issue and that it has now been resolved. I am now caching the public_timeline.xml for 25 seconds… we shall see if this fixes it :-)