I’ve taken some time today to experiment with Twitter using the ActionScript 3.0 API that is available. It’s a very simple class library and, as such, pretty easy to build a widget around. One thing that has bothered me a bit is the seemingly lengthy amount of time the services take to update the API feed once a new status event has been submitted. Maybe things are just slow on their end being a Saturday- but having any sort amount of delay in the feed broadcast would effectively cripple a service which is supposed to be immediate and timely.

I’m unsure how useful the Twitter service will be… right now it’s more of a novelty and an excuse to have some fun with AS3. Although, there are some projects coming up which will involve the integration of social network components- so I’ve begun to research various services. I have to say, Twitter is the only one that seems remotely useful so far!