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Des Moines Twitter Trends V.2

Sep 21

I just published version two of Des Moines twitter trends. The biggest change is the database was moved to MySql instead of SQLite3. Upgrading to MySql database allowed the data to be easily shared with a WordPress site.
Des Moines Twitter Trends

The web view of the data has been upgraded to provide more information. The Des [...]

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Finding Local Twitter Trends

Jul 14

Mining Twitter for Trends in a Geographic Area
Local or Targeted trends on Twitter is not something that Twitter provides. So I decided to create my own solution. For this project I used Perl, Twitter API via Net::Twitter, Yahoo Term Extraction Service, and SQLite3 to store data. This technique is a quick and dirty way [...]

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About Ian Lintner


I am a software developer, mostly web,  in Des Moines, Iowa. I take a very opinionated stand concerning development, you will never regret a simple design or architecture. My education was at Drake University in Biology and Computer Science. Offline I am recently married to my wife Heather. I try my hand at many hobbies currently I am gardening till the snow comes in.



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