With Terraminds down over the past few days, many people have been looking for an alternative for their Twitter RSS search feeds. One problem with switching to Tweet Scan for RSS was that our feed didn't include the pubDate field in the feed and at least one web application(TwitterFeed) rejected the feed. This has been fixed.
Also, there are a few advanced features of Tweet Scan like boolean 'and' and 'not' features that people ask for but that are already in there. So we decided it was time to put up a wiki for the project. You can read it(and it is a quick read) at tweetscan.com/wiki. We're particularly interested to hear if you've found some unique uses for Tweet Scan that we didn't think of.
Happy scanning!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Tweet Scan Core
You follow me, I follow you. On Twitter follower reciprocity is a custom, and at times a rule. It's nice to have lots of followers but if Twitter is a tool to bring us together, this moré can work against us.
It can turn our home page into a virtual firehose of disconnected thought and status. That's why we've developed Tweet Scan Core. It's a simple way to save users that you'd *really* like to follow and see each of their latest tweets from one page. It's your core network status in real-time.
To get it, just sign up at Tweetscan.com and build a comma-separated list of twitter users like this: "tweetscan,weex,jowyang,monkchips". Save your settings and visit http://tweetscan.com/core.php as often as you'd like.
If you have any suggestions, message @tweetscan or leave a comment.
Happy scanning!
It can turn our home page into a virtual firehose of disconnected thought and status. That's why we've developed Tweet Scan Core. It's a simple way to save users that you'd *really* like to follow and see each of their latest tweets from one page. It's your core network status in real-time.
To get it, just sign up at Tweetscan.com and build a comma-separated list of twitter users like this: "tweetscan,weex,jowyang,monkchips". Save your settings and visit http://tweetscan.com/core.php as often as you'd like.
If you have any suggestions, message @tweetscan or leave a comment.
Happy scanning!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
TweetScan for iPhone
Thanks for checking out the blog. The latest news is that we got an iPhone for "development" purposes and we just had to do something cool with it. So we present the iPhone version of TweetScan. If you have an iPhone, you don't have to do anything special to use. We just check the user agent for "iPhone" so if you want to see it, you know what to do.
To create the iPhone version, we:
1. Removed the install search link.
2. Moved the link bar below the logo.
3. Reduced the font size.
4. Reduced the page width.
This version may be useful for other mobile/small screen devices so perhaps the next step we'll take will be to look for more user agent strings. If you have a particular device you'd like to see included, message @tweetscan or leave a comment somewhere on the interweb.
Happy scanning!
To create the iPhone version, we:
1. Removed the install search link.
2. Moved the link bar below the logo.
3. Reduced the font size.
4. Reduced the page width.
This version may be useful for other mobile/small screen devices so perhaps the next step we'll take will be to look for more user agent strings. If you have a particular device you'd like to see included, message @tweetscan or leave a comment somewhere on the interweb.
Happy scanning!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Search Twitter Posts by User
Tweet Scan is useful for finding replies that Twitter doesn't or for easily following topics and conversations you care about. There is another feature that people keep requesting, and it's a pleasure to fulfill that request. People(you) want to be able to search tweets by themselves or another user. It's like searching your own email, a must-have feature.
Testing it has been a lot of fun. For example, I wanted to revisit the link codinghorror posted in this post but there was really no good way to do it before now. With a simple search for "mouse" by "codinghorror" it was quite easy to find.
That's why I present to you the ability to search posts by user. Try it out and send a shoutout to @weex or just mention tweetscan if you like it. Happy scanning.
Testing it has been a lot of fun. For example, I wanted to revisit the link codinghorror posted in this post but there was really no good way to do it before now. With a simple search for "mouse" by "codinghorror" it was quite easy to find.
That's why I present to you the ability to search posts by user. Try it out and send a shoutout to @weex or just mention tweetscan if you like it. Happy scanning.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Happy New Year
Since Twitter's nearly defined by its instant timeliness, I figured I'd post a couple good searches for Now.
First there are the New Years resolutions which are already a popular tweet subject. And one other that's a fav of mine is due to their live webcast starting in 9 minutes as of this time of writing: Radiohead
Here's to 2008. May it be even more awesome than 2007 was.
First there are the New Years resolutions which are already a popular tweet subject. And one other that's a fav of mine is due to their live webcast starting in 9 minutes as of this time of writing: Radiohead
Here's to 2008. May it be even more awesome than 2007 was.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Happy Holidays: Apps for Tweet Scan
Happy Holidays. It's been a great year for Twitter and the ecosystem that has grown up around it. From Snitter to Twurt to Tweet Scan, Twitter has proven an exciting service and a great bit of social glue for its members.
This post, I wanted to just mention a few uses of Tweet Scan that we couldn't have anticipated but that we think are super sweet. Don't we all want to be loved?
1. Replies - sometimes Twitter doesn't show the replies to your post if other @users were also replied to. Searching for your username, brings 'em all in.
2. Twurt - from the site: A mashup of the words “tweet” and “blurt”...have you twurted?
3. Overheard.it - looking for a little company when you hear something outrageous? Just preface your tweet with oh: or overheard and the voila, all of twitter just overheard it too.
We look forward to supporting these and many more apps in the new year. Happy scanning.
This post, I wanted to just mention a few uses of Tweet Scan that we couldn't have anticipated but that we think are super sweet. Don't we all want to be loved?
1. Replies - sometimes Twitter doesn't show the replies to your post if other @users were also replied to. Searching for your username, brings 'em all in.
2. Twurt - from the site: A mashup of the words “tweet” and “blurt”...have you twurted?
3. Overheard.it - looking for a little company when you hear something outrageous? Just preface your tweet with oh: or overheard and the voila, all of twitter just overheard it too.
We look forward to supporting these and many more apps in the new year. Happy scanning.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
RSS now available for any search
While quite a few of you have tried out the Click button, it's still evident that RSS is a must-have. So we've implemented it.
Subscribe to any search you can think of by clicking on the RSS link on the upper right of the search results. RSS is not our forte so if something's broken about it or you think it could be a little smoother in some way, please let us know.
Subscribe to any search you can think of by clicking on the RSS link on the upper right of the search results. RSS is not our forte so if something's broken about it or you think it could be a little smoother in some way, please let us know.
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