I’m going to work at Twitter!
It’s been a year or so since the « Twitoaster project » has started. Thanks to your suggestions and your support, the « little threading tool » has turned into a much richer experience.
Analytics charts, statistics and rankings, Embeddable Widgets, a Conversational search engine… But also an Open API, which gave birth to a couple of nice plugins (WordPress, Blogger / iGoogle…)
I really had fun developing all of this and talking with you guys to improve Twitoaster in new and innovative ways. You’ve been more and more to use the service, it has received a very nice Press coverage, and it gave me the chance to meet and talk with so many interesting people!
The thing is I’ve also been talking with Twitter since mid-April (just after the Chirp conference, actually). Great discussions, Awesome team, and… So exciting projects! I can’t tell you more about that, but I guess you get the point: I’m now going to work at Twitter.
So what does that mean for Twitoaster? The service will keep running: the website, the API, the widgets, the plugins… Everything. But it shouldn’t evolve that much starting from now. I’m really sorry for those of you waiting for features we had planned to add, but I hope you’ll understand I’ll have to focus 100% on my new job.
I hope you enjoyed – and you’ll continue to enjoy – Twitoaster as much as I did. Thanks again to all of you! That was really fun, and it’s going to be awesome at Twitter :)
19 June 2010 at 12:36 am #
@twitoaster congrats :)
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 12:37 am #
Félicitations! N’oublie pas de passer au 1er étage nous dire bonjour!
A bientôt!
-Xavier
20 June 2010 at 1:50 am #
Excellent ! Je n’y manquerai pas :)
19 June 2010 at 12:38 am #
RT @twitoaster: I’m going to work at Twitter! http://blog.twitoaster.com/twitoaster-wo…
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 12:38 am #
@twitoaster Aw, Birdie Just Cried, I Luv Twitoaster! Man, U Got Drafted. So, Interesting, Hiring, Gonna Write Special Code?
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 12:41 am #
Congrats (Felicitations) Arnaud! I’m so happy for you and we’re SO excited to have you on board soon!
20 June 2010 at 1:48 am #
So am I! Thanks again Morgan :)
19 June 2010 at 1:35 am #
RT @twitoaster: I’m going to work at Twitter! http://blog.twitoaster.com/twitoaster-wo…
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 2:27 am #
RT @twitoaster: I’m going to work at Twitter! http://blog.twitoaster.com/twitoaster-wo…
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 2:42 am #
@twitoaster congrats on the gig at Twitter! Sharp group of folks
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 2:57 am #
@twitoaster Congratulations! You look a little like Robin Thicke when I squint. What role were you hired for?
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 3:02 am #
@twitoaster Scratch that. Let me guess. You’re the new CTO? Chief Threading Officer? I’m looking forward to that functionality.
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 3:37 am #
well done, that’s a great achievement, i am sure u will be able to do more goods at twitter for users.. i am actually loving twitter and twitoaster.. all the best.
19 June 2010 at 4:44 am #
@twitoaster Congrats Arnaud re: the Twitter news!
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 5:31 am #
@twitoaster hey, you provided an awesome service – bring some of the things you made to twitter.com!
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 6:04 am #
Congrats. Happy for you. All the success in your new “venture”.
19 June 2010 at 7:13 am #
Congrates! (=^ᴥ^=)
19 June 2010 at 8:40 am #
@twitoaster congrats :)
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 9:45 am #
RT @twitoaster: I’m going to work at Twitter! http://blog.twitoaster.com/twitoaster-wo…
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 10:30 am #
@twitoaster congratulations – have fun
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 10:53 am #
@twitoaster You deserve it! Congrats little awesome chicken!
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 11:37 am #
found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later
19 June 2010 at 11:51 am #
@twitoaster Good work !!!
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 12:26 pm #
@twitoaster good luck
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 1:08 pm #
@twitoaster Félicitation !!
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 4:31 pm #
Have you considered finding someone to take up this project? I’m sure that twitter plans on incorporating much of the functionality… But, is often the case with every great idea Twitter acquires… they break it, or loose track of the original concept and turn into something not nearly as good as the original, or they just shelf it all together. I mean they can’t even keep their own site running for more than 6 hours at a time with out everyone seeing the whale. Which is ridiculous considering they aren’t even one of the worlds 10 busiest sites. We need fewer developers taking residence with the big social media companies and more developers working outside of them creating not only supporting products and services but working on alternatives all together. Shame really, Twitoaster could have been great.
20 June 2010 at 1:45 am #
Twitoaster will continue to live (and hopefully evolve if I find time for it) so you’ll still be able to use it :)
Concerning Twitter, they didn’t make that much acquisitions: I can remember Summize, Cloudhopper, Atebits, and Dabble DB… They don’t look like “serial-acquisitors” to me! Anyway, I never had that feeling they “broke” something or “lost track of the original concept”.
What do you mean by these “alternatives” developers should work together on? Stop filling holes? Building something completely new in top of the platform?
21 June 2010 at 2:24 pm #
They aren’t know serial acquisitions? You just named 4 major acquisitions they made in just the 4 years they’ve existed, and to be clear you should do some homework on companies like Tweetie or the other 3 dozen smaller acquisitions they have made… Based on your response here, it would seem that you took a job with a company… when you seemingly know very little about their corporate history.
Now onto my statement regarding the need for developers to create viable alternatives. A good example of a group of developers working to solve the problem presented by Facebooks growing Privacy Concerns, was to create a self hosted alternative that gives back the end user complete control of their own data. The project is called Diaspora. It continues to gain momentum and investing. Projects like this will, in the end replace Facebook. The same way in another year or so, several projects that exist are aimed to replace Twitter.
Note: As I type this I attempted to refresh my Twitter page 4 time. Ony got to Whales. So I guess a 50% up-time is what they are aiming for now?
21 June 2010 at 5:41 pm #
Actually, Tweetie = Atebits :) Would be curious to have a list of these 3 dozen acquisitions they made.
22 June 2010 at 2:09 am #
On April 9, 2010, Twitter acquired Tweetie, the mobile version of which was renamed Twitter (originally to be called ‘Twitter for iPhone’[1]) and released on May 17, 2010.[2] The status of the previously-announced,[3] but as-yet-unreleased, Tweetie 2 for Mac is not presently clear.
Regarding the aquisitions I was refering to companies aquired by Twitter and a simple google search will show you who they were. Most recently namely last week…
June 10, 2010: Twitter acquires Small Thought Systems: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/twitter-buys-an-analytics-company/
So let’s see, they were formed in 206, really 2007 since that when they spun off into their own company. So that’s 3 years and they’ve aquired how many companies?
Again, it would appear that you know very little about the company you are employed by. As for this thread, it is very much fail whale. Good luck at Twitter.
23 June 2010 at 2:11 pm #
Don’t worry, I know exactly what kind of company I’m going to work for. Oh… And I love that company :)
Let me say it once again, Tweetie = Atebits. And according to TechCrunch, Twitter made exactly 6 acquisitions since 2006. Very, very far from the “3 dozen” you talked about.
Thanks again for the interest you had in Twitoaster.
19 June 2010 at 11:11 pm #
RT @twitoaster: I’m going to work at Twitter! http://blog.twitoaster.com/twitoaster-wo…
via Twitoaster
19 June 2010 at 11:28 pm #
Have fun fixing the bugs – heh heh!
19 June 2010 at 11:33 pm #
@twitoaster Congrats. http://technbiz.blogspot.com/2010/06/tow…
via Twitoaster
20 June 2010 at 1:47 am #
Thanks you so much for your warm comments! Great to read, Really appreciate it :)
20 June 2010 at 7:37 am #
Good Luck! :D
Who knows Twitoaster may well be part of Twitter in the future ;)
Cheers and all the best to your new job!
22 June 2010 at 12:57 am #
@twitoaster congrats my new coworker!
via Twitoaster
22 June 2010 at 8:55 pm #
@siggy_sf Thanks :) Hope everything is great on your side? Enjoying the World Cup in #RSA? :)
via Twitoaster
22 June 2010 at 1:43 am #
Thanks so much for all the fun with Twitoaster – I’m glad it’s going to continue, even if it doesn’t have all the new things that were being planned.
Hope you enjoy your work with Twitter… though, of course, you realise who we’ll all be blaming for the failwhale from now on…!!
Congratulations, and all best wishes for twuccess.
23 June 2010 at 2:23 pm #
Thanks a lot! All the best for you too ! :)
22 June 2010 at 5:23 am #
Good Luck! :)
23 June 2010 at 4:47 pm #
@twitoaster Congrats on the news… Hope your innovations get folded into the official Tweetstream interface.
via Twitoaster
24 June 2010 at 5:54 am #
Congratulations! WOW! Somebody got a job in this economy, and it was you! All of your hard work has paid off in a big way. Recognition for your involvement, responsiveness and computer expertise. Looking forward to great things on Twitter.
I have one question regarding Twitoaster. Can someone be blocked from a thread? If so, how can one block?
Many blessings to you.
25 June 2010 at 2:36 pm #
Wow!! Congrats!! It just goes to show what you can do when you make the extra effort and actually enjoy doing what you do…
Well done!!
26 June 2010 at 10:04 am #
Good luck, still gonna check Twitoaster from time to time I hope :)
28 June 2010 at 8:38 pm #
Congrats and good luck. I hope to announce the same some day. :)
29 June 2010 at 8:38 am #
Congrats!! Tons of luck, we all know you made the right decision
Well done!!
30 June 2010 at 5:08 am #
Congrats! I like Twitoaster, hope you’ll provide some better features in twitter. Best of luck. :)
3 July 2010 at 6:32 pm #
Your hard work gave us a cool tool; glad it gave you something in return. Buena Suerte
4 July 2010 at 1:38 pm #
But I’ve only just found Twitoaster! Oh Well!! Great tool to use.. CONGRATULATIONS on the new job at Twitter… How do I get one too? Can you put in a good word for me? GOODLUCK.. RICH :0)
9 July 2010 at 8:03 am #
Best wishes !
10 July 2010 at 8:50 am #
Congratulations! It’s a very good news (for you, for Twitter and for all the twitter users).
8 August 2010 at 8:39 am #
Congrats on your new job. You’ve mentioned creating a blogger plugin for twitoaster, but I can’t find in on your site?
Where can I find it?
TIA,
Marco
8 August 2010 at 12:04 pm #
It’s now hosted on official WordPress plugin directory: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitoaster/
19 August 2010 at 3:38 pm #
Twitoaster is the tits!
19 August 2010 at 6:48 pm #
Good Look!
28 October 2010 at 8:57 am #
I have visited in twitter website before few time.We all know that twitter is one of most effectively Social networking website.So,It becomes important for any member of this site,he need to know in deeply.
18 January 2011 at 6:41 am #
its great as your other posts : D, regards for putting up.
24 January 2011 at 6:12 am #
Oh my goodness! an amazing article dude. Thank you Nevertheless I’m experiencing concern with ur rss . Don’t know why Unable to subscribe to it. Is there anyone getting equivalent rss problem? Anyone who knows kindly respond. Thnkx