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If either case applies – and particularly if you work from home – we think we’ve found the answer to your problems. Well, someone else did, but we’re sharing it here.
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Wouldn’t it be great to have a garden that was visible (or not) based on the whim of folks tweeting about it? Possibly not, as Twitter trolls might kill it with ‘unkindness.’
But one optimistic group of folks, with an apparently less-jaded view of Twitter, have put their garden out there and have stunned IRL viewers with the results, bringing home the gold from the Chelsea Flower Show.
Its covering responded to live Twitter activity, changing how the garden appeared at any one time.
Logitech is seeing Microsoft’s Artist Series of mobile mice and raising them a serious dose of designer tech.
The new Logitech Wireless Mouse M325 Eye Candy collection of mice features four different designs with their own unique aesthetic touches.
The coolest of the bunch? The Twitter-inspired “Tweet Tweet” design.
A newly-developed Dutch program called TweetGenie has adapted the age-old (so to speak) carnival game of guessing a contestant’s height, weight, or birthday to the digital age.
TweetGenie can guess any Twitter user’s age and gender based solely on tweets, without a name or photo.
NBC’s already building buzz for its fall TV lineup, and its turning to Twitter for an assist.
Running from May 13 (yesterday) through June 13, NBC’s Fall Sweepstakes will reward one lucky Twitter winner the experience of a TV fan’s lifetime.
Prompted by the recent prominence of cyber bullying and online hate crime, a group of geography academics called Floating Sheep has a created a map called the “Geography of Hate,” a visual display of tweets that are racist, homophobic or ableist (discriminatory against people with disabilities) across the U.S.
Now you don’t need a green thumb to be a skilled gardener – all you need is a thumb, period.
At this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, May 21-25 in London, Twitter users will be able to control the appearance of one of the display gardens.
A tweet from an official Twitter Glass app has been spotted, meaning the roll-out of said app can’t be far behind.
Jonathan Gottfried, Twilio’s Developer Evangelist, has already built an unofficial Google Glass app called GlassTweet.
But if Twitter itself is working on a Glass app, that’s a whole different story.
Some places are really good at harnessing the power of Twitter – and others are so GREAT at it, it blows you away.
Take the Weather Channel for instance. They’ve decided to actually harness tweets (for reals) by using them to power the wind speed in the office as it blows (with increasing power) on poor interns trying to do their work.
It’s not only a great idea, it’s pretty fun to watch! (There’s also a live feed.)
A new online application called “Where Does My Tweet Go?” lets you examine exactly how a tweet spreads through Twitter.
The service, still in beta and created by information architect Benoît Vidal along with the team at MFG Labs in France, uses a visual algorithm to illustrate how your messages spread among both your followers and strangers.
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