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A simple Python script to archive Twitter searches.

Using the twython library, I’ve written this excruciatingly simple script to archive the results of any twitter search.  It just pickles the search results and writes them to a file with the current date & time.  I’ve put this in … Continue reading

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Is reading dead?

It’s not blogging that’s dead, it’s reading that seems to be on the decline.  If 140 characters is all that my friends are willing to read, then I declare reading dead, not blogging, and Twitter is the Grim Reaper.

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Twitter Considered Harmful

Okay, so I’ve been trying to use Twitter, and I’ve decided that it’s damaging the internet.  Here’s how: Mostly arbitrary and irrelevant 140 character limit.  This only applies to SMS users, which I believe there are very few off.  All … Continue reading

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