Yesterday, Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs of Hypenated People launched a fairly simple but powerful Twitter application, or "social experiment" as they refer to it, called Twistori. Using a real-time twitter search tool, Summize, the site pulls in live data based on six common but emotionally-charged phrases: I love, I hate, I think, I believe, I feel, and I wish. The result is a real-time look into the hopes, dreams, likes and dislikes of the twitter world, which is amplified by the bold and clean design aesthetic. One commenter on Amy Hoy's blog is right on the money when they suggest that "this would make a great screensaver".
What I really love about Twistori even more:
1. It's anonymous, so the words are left to stand on their own without any personality dragging them into context. As a result, they are more profound, intriguing, and even funny: "i believe i'm roughly 30cm closer to the wall than i was earlier", "I feel that the tide is changing", "i love burnt cheese".
2. It's real-time. Since, Twistori has been blogged about in the past couple hours, you can already see people trying to get their comments into the system and see how it works:
I'd be really interested to see how this starts mixing with the Twitter citizens' journalism trend. Definitely, an interesting site to watch after the next Presidential debate or the season finale of LOST. An interesting site to watch period.
Marta Strickland
Strategists & Planners
Comments (2)
I actually just stumbled across this a few days ago, and think it is the most creative use of Twitter I've seen thus far. As you mentioned, I really like that it's anonymous.
Posted by John Phillips | April 30, 2008 6:20 AM
Posted on April 30, 2008 06:20
Nathan Harris started this trend with wefeelfine.org and Lovelines. Check out Number27.org for some very interesting applications which visually construct data from various internet sources in rather ingenious ways.
Posted by Mindy Cady | May 6, 2008 10:40 AM
Posted on May 6, 2008 10:40