All Entries Tagged With: "Twitter"
Loud Tweets Hack Brings Twitter Messages To Scrolling LEDs
Don’t have enough fans on Twitter willing to listen to your drivel? Try gaining a few more with Loud Tweets, a LED name badge hacked to display your personal Twitter feeds as a scrolling text.
I, personally, don’t get Twitter and find it an utter waste of time. But that’s because I have an under-developed brain that can only handle a limited amount of information daily. The rest of the world, however, seems fine with reading hundreds of single-line messages from friends and strangers alike, so I’m not going to argue. With Loud Tweets, you can now force people like me to look at your Tweets without having to subscribe to your profile. Can you say torture?
The setup uses cheap China-made LED name badges, intended for use as a digital ID in seminars and conferences. The original device sports a 21×7-pixel screen with three control buttons that can be used to [...]
Make Twitter Look Like Excel With SpreadTweet
Do you use Twitter in the office? It’s definitely shaping-up to be the new workplace distraction, much the same way Facebook has been for the last couple of years. As with any other time-killers, bosses aren’t taking too kindly to it. Who the hell wants their employees spending office hours following celebrity tweets from Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore?
Recognizing the growing need to use Twitter discreetly in the workplace, British developer Elliot Kember created the Spreadtweet. On first glance, it looks just like any boring Excel spreadsheet. Look closely, however, and you’ll notice it’s not. Instead, it’s a full-featured Twitter client that’s designed to make you appear to be poring over reports, all while reading the latest 140-character messages from whoever you’re following.
Beyond just being a way to get the boss off your back, though, it’s actually a great Twitter client. It allows you to send tweets, reply to tweets [...]
