5 Ways to Visualize Twitter at Events
16 comments so far Free RSS Subscription Free Email SubscriptionA lot of fuzz is being made about if tweets should be displayed at events or not. The answer is simple, Yes! And in a fancy way.
Here goes a collection of what Julius Solaris, your host, thinks are the best tools to display live tweets at events.
5. Twitter Search + Firefox + ReloadEvery
Twitter Search is the visualization tool for the nostalgic twitter user and/or retro tweep. In order to make the page refresh automatically, Install Firefox add on ReloadEvery. If you don’t have Firefox probably you won’t read this because your browser has crashed in the meanwhile 
Goods:
- Suits large screens
- Neat and detailed
Bads:
- Hard to read
- A bit dull, not fun.
4. TwitterCamp
We talked about TwitterCamp in the past. It’s a damn cool project and the fact it was implemented for a BarCamp and on an opensource basis makes it even cooler.
Goods:
- Highly Customizable
- Fun Interface
Bads:
- Could be slow in updates from time to time
- Looks like the project is not moving on
3. Twitter Fountain
What about that! Twitter Fountain looks slick and fancy. Very design oriented and definitely relevant to image conscious events.
Goods:
- Good looking Interface
- Clear and neat
- Flickr Integration
Bads:
- Embed only, does not work as a standalone page or software.
2. Twitterfall
Great Control with Twitterfall. You can play around with settings and have fun with customizing the experience.
Goods:
- Able to opt for a good speed of refresh
- Able to display ReTweets
Bads:
- Although highly customizable it still remains a bit dull
1. Visible Tweets
Visible Tweets is simply fantastic! This is what tweets at events should look like.
Goods:
It’s all good just go for it.
Bads:
Don’t see any.
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hadn't heard of your top one – checking it out now
I have to thank @fabivs for that!
Great top five.
I also suggest Wiffiti http://wiffiti.com/ which now integrates with Twitter hashtags. With their newest feature, anyone, anywhere can use Wiffiti during a presentation if it's projected on a screen. Tweets start out large in a word bubble, then move around the screen and shrink in size as more people send in tweets. You can also customize your Wiffiti background for your presentation or event. We've used it for two years now at our events.
Yep, that's a good one!
Great post Julius.
We used Twazzup at JEEcamp which seemed to have both a decent feed plus a visual element and even a stab at authority (ie most popular links, trending Twitterers etc). http://www.twazzup.com/search?q=jeecamp&l=all
Great add John!
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We've used twitter camp for a few years now, recompiling it with different logos and colors. very cool, but yeah I think it's dead. finding the source to download now, is incredibly hard, and as Flex moves into V4, it's only gonna get worse.
Brightkite's wall is an awesome app. it incorporates twitter search. and for brightkite users can be tied to a place mark, which is nice, once people are checked in, they don't need hash tags etc. and it allows pictures, which is fun.
Oh and facebook connect wasn't working when I wrote this.
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Fantastic John,
thanks very much for the tips
Julius
Fantastic John,
thanks very much for the tips
Julius
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VisibleTweets is definitely cool. In fact, we were impressed by it so much that we worked with the developer to integrate http://TidyTweet.com to provide moderation and spam filtering for the feed that is displayed in VisibleTweets.
Disclaimer: I am one of the developers for TidyTweet.com.
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