Today, twitter released its own version of a website I developed in the summer and launched about a month ago.
Twitter Election 2008, like its predecessor called govtweets.com that I coded, aggregates twitter mentions of John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin in real-time as a constant stream of data updated using asynchronous javascript and xml (AJAX).
I contacted some of the folks at twitter about my idea on July 22 when I was developing the website. The release of their version of the idea today is nicely designed and I’m flattered that they’ve released it to a wider audience. When a big player like twitter validates your proof of concept, you say thanks! So a big thank you to twitter!
Of course, for your Canadian fix you can check out govtweets.ca. Twitter has yet to touch the Canadian election in an official way. I hope they do soon.
Stephen Taylor is a scientist, political analyst and a blogger. Taylor writes here regularly and is the founder of bloggingtories.ca. Taylor has contributed to Macleans, CTV, talk radio and has been a featured speaker on new media at numerous events including the Western Standard Cruise and the Forum for Public Policy. In December 2008, Taylor organized Rally for Canada, a series of rallies held coast-to-coast to protest the proposed coalition government.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Congratulations Stephen, all I can say is I'm glad you are on the Conservative side of the room?
You in line to be the D.Comm at some point in the future? LOL. Or maybe they can create a position of D.Internet.Comm.
September 26th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Congratulations on all this tech innovation which is completely beyond my grasp.
But a question, if I may: if it was your idea, isn’t it your intellectual property? And thus shouldn’t you get more than just a pat on the back?
I’m all for being a generous and helpful person, not merely grasping for the almighty dollar, but … I hope you know some good lawyers.
September 26th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Congratulations Stephen, all I can say is I'm glad you are on the Conservative side of the room?
You in line to be the D.Comm at some point in the future? LOL. Or maybe they can create a position of D.Internet.Comm.