Tag Archives: Twitter

Parsing Tweets with the TwitterString Class

While building a little Twitter aggregator for an upcoming conference, I found myself in need of a set of methods to create hyperlinks from three distinct elements that can be included within a tweet; links, usernames, and hashtags. I was … Continue reading

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Want to Follow Adobe Education Leader Summer Institute on Twitter?

Adobe Education Leader Summer Institute on Twitter: Hash Tag #AEL09 Photo by Ian Usher

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Experimenting with Twitter, Again

The last time I messed around with Twitter was mid-2007. I basically used it to post little status updates a-la Facebook and experimented with the (then) newly released ActionScript 3 API. About a month into it, I got tired, deleted … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Twitter…

Twitter is a really strange service. When I first caught wind of this, my immediate reaction was; do we really need to be pouring more ephemeral nonsense into an internet already smothering with useless information? I have to say that … Continue reading

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Messing Around with Twitter

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 … Continue reading

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