“Shit people post on twitter” is a 10h experiment I wrote that uses the twitpic api and twitter api to pull all the photos that are posted on twitter LIVE.

It’s very entertaining and often NSFW, always fun. In fact I do sit in front of it for a while without really noticing time flying by.

Enjoy watching twitter photos posted live

Techcrunch has a very good article about Twitter and its new position on the market of search engines.

Essentially when a news breaks out or a product is being launched, Google will take several days to aggregate the information said about it, while Twitter Search can reveal nearly instant opinions.

The barriers is also lower as a Twitter account takes a lot less maintenance than a blog account. Writing a post on Twitter can be done while on the phone and virtually takes no time.

However, because it is instant feedback, it also implies that the ‘review’ of the news, product or subject in the tweet is obviously right off the bat, and might not be polished / thought about. People could change their opinion and post again in 10 mins.

Twitter, which I used to hate, is starting to take a very important place on the net and I’m mature enough to admit it and embrace it. That said, it is still a gezillion of idiots fantasizing about their life, writing about their pets or the latest battlestar.