Category Archives: twitter

Twitter and it’s addictive properties

Feb 18

After signing up for Twitter I think I am starting to at least understand the whole idea behind microblogging.  My general theory of the internet still applies though, it’s really just a way for people to post small links of pictures of cats.

I think the most interesting thing is the whole openess of their service, [...]

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Creating a simple Twitter AJAX widget using Google Feeds API

Feb 15

I was doing some research into making API calls to Twitter using JavaScript. The one problem I ran into was calling remote domains. One quick solution I found was to use the Google Feed API. Google provides a really easy and simple interface for accessing feeds via JavaScript.
A quick how to:
To start out [...]

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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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