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Please critique my weekend project
- secos 17y agonode.js + twitter streaming api + comet + google maps
- matthijs 17y agoLooks cool. However I don't see anything in any of the places (no pins and I'm not sure what it is suppose to do)? So some more info would be appreciated
- secos 17y agoYeah. I was kinda hoping people actually used Twitter's geolocation service a bit more than they do and it would just be obvious. Austin is pretty decent today, with the first tweet usually one popping up within a minute. Agree it could be more descriptive. I got to this point and it was working well so I deployed. (Thats a feature, right?) Any thoughts on how to explain whats happening that wouldn't interfere with the page structure too much?
- adam-_- 17y agoMaybe a "first time here? Check the FAQ" flash message like the stackoverflow sites? I had no idea what was going on or meant to happen.
- rythie 17y agoI would suggest caching some of the data server side, so there is some previous data on first page load.
- secos 17y agoExcellent idea, thanks!
- matthijs 17y agoPerhaps also add an activity gif in there so everybody knows it's busy (e.g. "Looking for tweets in the area")
- Sukotto 17y agoIt looks cool enough, but I'm a little unclear what it's doing. Mapping your twitter friends? Is there something else here that I'm just not getting?
- secos 17y agoits posting any geotagged tweet in those cities.
- crux_ 17y agoA very closely related / similar idea: http://austin.vicarious.ly/ http://austin.vicarious.ly/
- hailpixel 17y ago1) What am I looking at? A brief one liner would be nice. 2) Took a while for the first tweet to pop in. A simple "wait" prompt would provide ample user feedback. 3) Color code the pins to the tweets on the left hand side. That would be a simple but effective UI improvement. All-in-all, nice work for a weekend!
- secos 17y agoexcellent points. thanks!