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Show HN: My weekend project: Twtspire

73 points by kwellman 16y ago

tgsnm 16y ago
Are you sure you've launched it? I can't open the url. If you want to see my project it's here: http://tagsono.me http://tagsono.me
- kwellman 16y ago
  Hmmmm... the url seems to be working. It's a shame. I've yet to see spam on HN, but this looks like spam. Wish I could downvote it.
  - Elepsis 16y ago
    This seems like a good moment to remind people that you can flag individual comments by clicking on 'link' to go to their self page.
kwellman 16y ago
Twtspire uses the twitter search api to find tweets with key phrases like "I wish there was a site that..." Hopefully it'll help give an idea of some of the things that people actually want, and inspire a weekend project or two. I would love to hear some feedback.
- kschua 16y ago
  Great job. Could you perhaps add a feature where people could vote for a particular idea? This could help those fishing for ideas get a feel of which are the ones which have a higher potential
- AlexMcP 16y ago
  What about a way to loop back, so when you make that sweet iOS app, @brenda25056 can know about it?
- adrianwaj 16y ago
  Had you seen http://twistori.com http://twistori.com ?
  - pbhjpbhj 16y ago
    That's really nice, I like it better than the OP's page.
makethetick 16y ago
That's a great idea, I'm sure you can get quite a few good ideas if you watch it for long enough. Good job!
fooandbarify 16y ago
Great idea! I like it a lot... sorry I can't be more helpful/critical but it's working nicely for me and it looks good! Well done.
- fooandbarify 16y ago
  I decided to build one of these ideas - check out http://firstfan.me http://firstfan.me! (@wendyhk wished there was a site where you could record the time & date you discovered a certain band. I am in the middle of mid-terms and couldn't crank out the site just yet so I made a landing page and I'll put the site together in the coming week.)
seancron 16y ago
Great job! This could definitely be useful to find something people already want, especially if you could keep a tally of the most wished for ideas. What did you develop it in? I also like the logo of the two birds talking. Did you make it yourself, or did you get it from somewhere? One thing that I see could use a little improvement is the "next" and "previous" links. Right now they just blend in to the background. You should try making them stand out, and maybe make them look a bit more button-like. It would also be worth testing "next" and "previous" links on the top of the content.
- kwellman 16y ago
  I wish I had the design chops to create a graphic of that quality... I got it from http://iconfinder.com/ http://iconfinder.com/. You can find lots of great graphics there for free (don't forget to check the licenses).
tourbillonfunk 16y ago
Cool idea! If nothing else, some of the posts will make you laugh: "someone should make a site called wetpussies.org and upload nothing but videos/pictures of people giving their cat a bath. " Great job, btw.
devtesla 16y ago
I love this. They seem to fall into a few categories: Silly and impossible, "I want a website to take my boredom away," and the mildly disturbing. Oh, and some not horrible ideas. thumbs up
leeHS 16y ago
This is great! Good job!
mortenjorck 16y ago
Feature idea: Add a "This is a good idea" button so users can vote up uncommon and plausible ones.
- kwellman 16y ago
  Ok. I just implemented a quick and dirty voting mechanism that'll due for now. It uses the reddit algorithm for calculating how "hot" a story is. That was fun!
HardyLeung 16y ago
this is an excellent idea!
acconrad 16y ago
nicely done hombre
joefarish 16y ago
Good idea + looks great. I found a slight glitch and couldn't find a better way to contact you so here goes: When I clicked like it went from a nice looking FB Like button to http://imgur.com/f5AID http://imgur.com/f5AID
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MikeMakesIt 16y ago
Very cool idea
rome 16y ago
Awesome. Thanks!
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pbhjpbhj 16y ago
I read this as "twat spire" in en-GB: twat is a word somewhere between "pussy" and "cunt" in British English. Just FWIW. I guess you're not British?
- memoryfault 16y ago
  It's like that in en-US too. I also read it as "twat spire" :)
- tzs 16y ago
  Me too. I don't know if that means I have a dirty mind, or if I try to guess missing vowels in alphabetical order.
plainOldText 16y ago
Nice project. What language did you use? Python, Php, Ruby? and what framework? I'm just curious :)
drewp 16y ago
See also: http://twiteye.com/ http://twiteye.com/ That one is more scrolly, and searches for a bit more than just 'app' ideas.
drewp 16y ago
Something I'd be very interested to see are the ideas that multiple people are asking for. And then the next thing I would want is a fast way to throw up an ad for the app in question, just to see how many clicks it gets.

73 points by kwellman 16y ago

tgsnm 16y ago

Are you sure you've launched it? I can't open the url. If you want to see my project it's here: http://tagsono.me http://tagsono.me

kwellman 16y ago
Hmmmm... the url seems to be working. It's a shame. I've yet to see spam on HN, but this looks like spam. Wish I could downvote it.
- Elepsis 16y ago
  This seems like a good moment to remind people that you can flag individual comments by clicking on 'link' to go to their self page.

kwellman 16y ago

Twtspire uses the twitter search api to find tweets with key phrases like "I wish there was a site that..." Hopefully it'll help give an idea of some of the things that people actually want, and inspire a weekend project or two. I would love to hear some feedback.

kschua 16y ago
Great job. Could you perhaps add a feature where people could vote for a particular idea? This could help those fishing for ideas get a feel of which are the ones which have a higher potential
AlexMcP 16y ago
What about a way to loop back, so when you make that sweet iOS app, @brenda25056 can know about it?
adrianwaj 16y ago
Had you seen http://twistori.com http://twistori.com ?
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  That's really nice, I like it better than the OP's page.

makethetick 16y ago

That's a great idea, I'm sure you can get quite a few good ideas if you watch it for long enough. Good job!

fooandbarify 16y ago

Great idea! I like it a lot... sorry I can't be more helpful/critical but it's working nicely for me and it looks good! Well done.

fooandbarify 16y ago
I decided to build one of these ideas - check out http://firstfan.me http://firstfan.me! (@wendyhk wished there was a site where you could record the time & date you discovered a certain band. I am in the middle of mid-terms and couldn't crank out the site just yet so I made a landing page and I'll put the site together in the coming week.)

seancron 16y ago

Great job! This could definitely be useful to find something people already want, especially if you could keep a tally of the most wished for ideas. What did you develop it in? I also like the logo of the two birds talking. Did you make it yourself, or did you get it from somewhere? One thing that I see could use a little improvement is the "next" and "previous" links. Right now they just blend in to the background. You should try making them stand out, and maybe make them look a bit more button-like. It would also be worth testing "next" and "previous" links on the top of the content.

kwellman 16y ago
I wish I had the design chops to create a graphic of that quality... I got it from http://iconfinder.com/ http://iconfinder.com/. You can find lots of great graphics there for free (don't forget to check the licenses).

tourbillonfunk 16y ago

Cool idea! If nothing else, some of the posts will make you laugh: "someone should make a site called wetpussies.org and upload nothing but videos/pictures of people giving their cat a bath. " Great job, btw.

devtesla 16y ago

I love this. They seem to fall into a few categories: Silly and impossible, "I want a website to take my boredom away," and the mildly disturbing. Oh, and some not horrible ideas. thumbs up

leeHS 16y ago

This is great! Good job!

mortenjorck 16y ago

Feature idea: Add a "This is a good idea" button so users can vote up uncommon and plausible ones.

kwellman 16y ago
Ok. I just implemented a quick and dirty voting mechanism that'll due for now. It uses the reddit algorithm for calculating how "hot" a story is. That was fun!

HardyLeung 16y ago

this is an excellent idea!

acconrad 16y ago

nicely done hombre

joefarish 16y ago

Good idea + looks great. I found a slight glitch and couldn't find a better way to contact you so here goes: When I clicked like it went from a nice looking FB Like button to http://imgur.com/f5AID http://imgur.com/f5AID

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MikeMakesIt 16y ago

Very cool idea

rome 16y ago

Awesome. Thanks!

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pbhjpbhj 16y ago

I read this as "twat spire" in en-GB: twat is a word somewhere between "pussy" and "cunt" in British English. Just FWIW. I guess you're not British?

memoryfault 16y ago
It's like that in en-US too. I also read it as "twat spire" :)
tzs 16y ago
Me too. I don't know if that means I have a dirty mind, or if I try to guess missing vowels in alphabetical order.

plainOldText 16y ago

Nice project. What language did you use? Python, Php, Ruby? and what framework? I'm just curious :)

drewp 16y ago

See also: http://twiteye.com/ http://twiteye.com/ That one is more scrolly, and searches for a bit more than just 'app' ideas.

drewp 16y ago

Something I'd be very interested to see are the ideas that multiple people are asking for. And then the next thing I would want is a fast way to throw up an ad for the app in question, just to see how many clicks it gets.