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Dumping A Spreadsheet Of Your Most Recent Tweets - TweetCSV.pl

I am releasing the Perl script I run to dump a spreadsheet of my most recent tweets, Contacts.pl, as an open source project, under the Artistic License. This is the same license that Perl uses. I’ve been using this script or variations of it since before the Haiti earthquake, so it’s [...]

Collecting Historical Twitter Data For A Topic - TopicTweetHistory.pl

I am releasing the Perl script I run to collect historical Twitter data for a topic, TopicTweetHistory.pl, as an open source project, under the Artistic License. This is the same license that Perl uses. I’ve been using this script or variations of it since before the Haiti earthquake, so it’s pretty well tested.

The master repository [...]

Exporting Your Twitter Contacts to a Spreadsheet - Contacts.pl

I am releasing the Perl script I run to dump a spreadsheet of my Twitter followers and friends, Contacts.pl, as an open source project, under the Artistic License. This is the same license that Perl uses. I’ve been using this script or variations of it since before the Haiti earthquake, so it’s pretty well tested.

The [...]

USGS Working On Earthquake Detection Via Twitter!

I’ve just learned that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has started a project to enhance detection of earthquakes using Twitter! The project is called U.S. Geological Survey Twitter Earthquake Detector (USGSTed). The web site is http://recovery.doi.gov/press/us-geological-survey-twitter-earthquake-detector-ted/, and the Twitter feed is @USGSted.

According to the site, “Social Internet technologies are providing the general public with [...]

Collecting Twitter Data After An Event - GeoTweetHistory.pl

I am releasing the Perl script I run to collect Twitter data after an event, GeoTweetHistory.pl, as an open source project, under the Artistic License. This is the same license that Perl uses. I’ve been using this script or variations of it since before the Haiti earthquake, so it’s pretty well tested.

The master repository is [...]

Chile Earthquake Tweak-the-Tweet Twitter Feed

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Social Fresh Portland is Filling Up Rapidly & Price Goes Up Tomorrow!

I’ve just been informed that the Social Fresh Portland conference is filling up rapidly. There are only 300 seats, and over 100 of them are taken already. And the price goes up tomorrow! So, if you’re planning to come to the conference, whether you’re here in Portland or from somewhere else, head on over to [...]

Tweak-the-Tweet for Chile

In response to yesterday’s earthquake in Chile, the good folks at EPIC Colorado have adapted their Tweak-the-Tweet syntax to both English and Spanish.

“Project EPIC has created a set of prescriptive tweets using the Tweak the Tweet syntax for the Chile earthquake. You can find both the English and Spanish versions of these tweets in this [...]

Social Fresh Portland

As you can see over to the left, I’m volunteering at Social Fresh Portland. And I’d like to invite those of you outside of the Portland area to join me! As the web site says, “Social Fresh Portland (Oregon) is a social media conference for marketers. We focus on case studies and what social [...]

A Peek Under Twitter's Hood

Yesterday, Evan Weaver tweeted “Twitter open source page is live! http://twitter.com/about/opensource”. This page is a fascinating peek under Twitter’s hood – the cutting edge open source technologies that power the popular microblogging service. For those of us who work with Twitter, this is required reading for career management and lifelong learning. And for those of [...]