Twitoaster Blog » real time http://blog.twitoaster.com Official blog of Twitoaster, the Twitter service threading and archiving your Twitter conversations Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:18:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Real Time Threading & ReTweets support http://blog.twitoaster.com/twitter-real-time-threading-and-retweets http://blog.twitoaster.com/twitter-real-time-threading-and-retweets#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:33:32 +0000 Arnaud Meunier http://blog.twitoaster.com/?p=69 As announced a few days ago, real time threading and retweets (RT) support is now active for all Twitoaster users!

Real time threading means no more “sync” delays. If you tweet, reply or retweet something from Twitter or any other Twitter application, you’ll see it a few seconds later, threaded on Twitoaster.

For Retweets, they are handled the same way replies are, which means you’ll find them in conversations, charts, rankings…

I hope you’ll enjoy these two brand new features!

]]> http://blog.twitoaster.com/twitter-real-time-threading-and-retweets/feed 2 Wondering what is coming next year? http://blog.twitoaster.com/wondering-what-is-coming-next-year http://blog.twitoaster.com/wondering-what-is-coming-next-year#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:55:33 +0000 Arnaud Meunier http://blog.twitoaster.com/?p=60 Well.. I’ll tell you: Twitoaster is going to be improved with three major features and technical changes!

  • Servers changes: Twitoaster is about to move to new and more powerful machines. This new system will be “connected” to Twitter though their Streaming API (aka Firehose), bringing the features listed below.
  • Real Time Threading: This means no more “sync delays” as all Twitoaster accounts will be synced in real time with Twitter. I know a lot of bloggers using the Twitoaster WP Plugin were waiting for it, and I hope they’ll like it.
  • ReTweet support: Twitoaster is automatically retrieving your replies, threading your conversations. It will also retrieve your ReTweets and include them in the conversation. Charts and Rankings will also display ReTweets, bringing another level of analysis to optimize the way you communicate with your followers.

All of this is now ready and currently being tested (thanks to all beta testers).

The launch date is planned for Friday the 15th of January 2009. If you want to try it before time and join the beta testers team, feel free to contact me!

Last – but not least – I wish you a happy new year and I hope you’re all enjoying your holidays!

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A lot of work on Twitoaster, plus the fact that I’m currently relocating (and I guess you know how that can be time consuming)…

So here are the news:

  • Servers change – Twitoaster is getting bigger and bigger, and I need to move the service on more powerful machines. I’m currently working on their configuration. The move is not planed yet, but I’ll probably do it in a couple of weeks. Because these new servers are costing quite a lot, I have added ads on Twitoaster. I know it sucks, but it’s necessary. I’m thinking to add an option in order to disable them. More info about this very soon.
  • Real Time Threading – I’m working on a Twitter streaming API (aka Firehose) migration. This will bring real time threading to Twitoaster. No more sync, no more delays… Yes, it’s going to be great! Also working on it, and this will probably be operational with servers change.
  • Geolocation – It was one of the most wanted features: use the Twitter “location” field in order to guess Users’ countries and produce countries rankings. The first version is almost ready and should be put online before the end of the week.

As usual, your feedbacks are welcome :)

Some of you were wondering why this blog didn’t receive any update these last days. Sorry for that, I really have been snowed under. A lot of work on Twitoaster, plus the fact that I’m currently relocating (and I guess you know how that can be time consuming).

So here are the news, dear Twitterers:

- Server change: Twitoaster is getting bigger and bigger, and I need to move the service on more powerful machines. Two, actually. I’m currently working on their configuration. The move is not planed yet, but I’ll probably do it in a couple of weeks.

Because these servers are costing quite a lot, I have added ads on Twitoaster. I know it sucks, but it’s necessary. Don’t worry, I’m thinking to add an option in order to disable them. More info about this very soon.

- Real Time Threading: I’m now having access to the Twitter streaming API (aka Firehose). This will bring Real Time Threading to Twitoaster. No more sync, no more delays… Yes, it’s going to be great! Also working on it, will probably be ready with server change.

- Geolocation: It was one of the most wanted features: use the Twitter “location” field in order to guess Users’ countries and produce countries rankings. The first version is almost ready and should be online before the end of the week.

As usual, your feedbacks are welcome :)

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