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Review my project: tweethegame | stream the NBA Finals, Stanley Cup on twitter
i made this at night while watching the first few games of the NBA Finals. i found it to provide some pretty good commentary while watching the games. pretty simple, but let me know what you guys think. any feedback is appreciated.
- ryanb 17y agoworth noting: tweetthegame.com was taken
- zacharydanger 17y agoDidn't someone get in trouble for "live-blogging" a MLB game a while back? Something about MLB's broadcast rights. Not sure if it applies, but it might be worth looking into.
- JimmyL 17y agoYeah - the legal issues surrounding the live-blogging of spots games (or even making a blog post about a game while it's going on) are unclear. In this case, though, it seems that the site is just a way of showing a pair of #search results side-by-side, without any organization (or original reporting) behind it - so that shouldn't apply.
- gsmaverick 17y agoYou definitely need to change the colour scheme.
- qeorge 17y agoAT&T did a similar idea for the NCAA tournament: http://titletweets.com/ http://titletweets.com/ They've dropped it for some reason, but the idea has legs. Regarding your site: - The graphic design needs a lot of work, but the functionality is there - The title, live sports streaming on Twitter, isn't really accurate. People will expect video - You've got to get tweetthegame.com or choose a new URL. Can't use an URL that requires an explanation, e.g. "There's only one t between 'tweet' and 'the', so t-w-e-e-t-h-e-g-a-m-e-.com" Rule of thumb: if you can't say it on the radio without explaining it, get a new URL.
- ryanb 17y agothanks. I didn't know about the AT&T site. it's very similar, and agreed- it could definitely use some design help.
- genghy 17y agoRule of thumb: if you can't say it on the radio without explaining it, get a new URL. Thumbs up
- teej 17y agoVery true - I heard a Radio DJ try to say "tumblr.com" on the air, and it took him several minutes to get it across correctly.
- abossy 17y agoI implemented this idea with a fellow HN reader, derwiki, for the 2009 superbowl: http://twitterbowl2009.com/ http://twitterbowl2009.com/
- derwiki 17y agoOne of the things we noticed was that just the name (#lakers for example) misses a lot of tweets. You can look at the source JS for Twitter Bowl, but we ended up using "pittsburgh", "steelers", "roethlisberger", "tomlin", "polamalu", etc. We were able to catch a lot more relevant tweets at the time.
- ryanb 17y agoah i didnt know about this. very slick. and you got ESPN involved?
- derwiki 17y agothey had the widget available, we assumed it was okay to embed -- since that what widgets are for :) It was a good way around the copyright issue of using the Super Bowl logo, too
- metachris 17y agoi can't help but get a strange feeling for sites that include that //bin.clearspring.com/at/v1/button1.swf flash script, which does nothing except tracking users for clearspring...
- Everest 17y agoVery cool site...has application beyond games too. For example, you could see your company vs. a competitor. But love the idea and implementation.
- thesubjective 17y agoMove beyond just games :)