Tracking words with Twitter
Posted on October 10, 2007
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Twitter recently added a Twitter Tracking feature that lets you track keywords and phrases that twitterers use while twittering. Just for kicks, I tracked the word library for 24 hours - every time someone entered the word library into twitter, I received the update… Here’s what I got back from Twitter:
First, my own test updates:
- testing something out - library
- Cool - I’m playing with twitter tracking. I’m tracking library - and it took like 10 secs from enering the word to getting the notification
Before you read the twitters, think about this - have you ever wondered what your customers think of you? Ever wondered what people think about [fill-in-the-blank]? This Twitter Tracking tool allows you to get a small, rather random glance at people’s thoughts on a topic.
{fyi - this isn’t all of them - not even half. And I removed most of the references to things like iTunes Library, JavaScript Library, and I think one World of Warcraft Library reference. Oh, and two library thing references and a library elf reference, too}
So - here’s what people twitter about libraries - I found this fascinating:
- met stefanie at the library by chance meeting. she picked out a book for me.
- @ the library with jay, testing netwerx
- The girl across from me at the library kind of has man-hands.
- heading home.. maybe a quick stop at the library?
- Sooo we’re back. It was okay. Bought some yummy bagels since I had a craving for ‘em…got new library card and took out my book for 4MP!
- back to the library for the 4th time in 2 days 3rd time today if i dont get at least a c on this test ill die
- I really hate the campus library. No, I hate researching a topic I care nothing for.
- late night meeting with a client at the local library
- Yahoo! Hack Event today at the University of the Philippines College of Engineering Library and Computer Science Building Lecture Hall.
- finally started studying. law library.
- back at the library to file away to videos before hopping on a jet plane south
- Guy who hasn’t checked out a library book in 30 years. I totally introduced him to the art of calling us to put things on hold. He’s happy.
- library is surprisingly crowded
- More cellphone rudeness I wasn’t aware of: apparently it’s ok to take phonecalls in a public library now. Happened 3x in the last hour.
- All alone in a smelly corner of ASUs nerd library.
- Getting ready to read my new book from the library and going to sleep after. Have a good night!
- sunbathing outside state library. Wanna join us?
- Workers divided in vote on deal to end civic strike: Vancouver’s library workers have rejected a proposed…
- It’s just gonna take too much time for it to download before I can watch it. Gonna have to go to the library again.
- Yay Harry Potter 7 CDs are in at the library!!! I’m still on book 5, oh well, still exciting!!!
- Another awesome thing about the restaurant: it’s across a public library. I just got my first SF library card!
- this evening has flown by — busy, busy! but that’s the way I like it when I work late! I wish I worked for a library with wi-fi!
- getting irritated at this guy walking all about in the library, IT’S SO DISTRACTING!
- I found our Scienrtific library a great place to catch up on sleep. Much to the amusement of the security guard!
- Am back at Gotham Library for the morning, doing my old job. It’s very amusing, have caused a lot of double-takes.
- Amending my article about NZ music for the Radio Journal. Need a few more references - but they’re sitting in a library in Auckland. Damn.
- stalking people in the library for Research Method class… What a stupid assignment?
- What is the nicest library I can see in Rome/Vatican?
- just emerged from the “library.” draft one done. editing now.
- Time to get Gretel ready for story time at our local library. Must. Remember. Camera.
- I love finding an older picture on Flickr & seeing that it’s been viewed once. Like finding that library book that’s never been checked out.
- back from library forum, there are some really great ideas floating around the library
- I love my kids mondegreens. Kaya this morning - “dad, we have to take this library book back today or it will be over dude”
- I might have to start dropping elbows on these kids in the library that won’t shut the hell up.
- working from library today - walk through downtown and the sound of commerce ringing clear
- Back in the stinking library.
- Listening to a preschool story group reciting “Diddle Diddle Dumpling My Son John” with a teddy bear at the library.
- Library has ALL of the Thin Man movies! Thin Man Marathon! (with cocktails!)
- “The library isn’t good for books” Wow. Gwan UCC!
- off to the library to get some intense work done before dreamweaver/CSS class this evening (mix in some Game database work on the side pls)
- Research at the UM Map library on consumer water usage in Israel and Palestine
- sitting in the library missing my lesbians.
- sorry thelonedrifter, the library sucks
- @addisontodd that’s ’cause you’re illiterate… not the library’s problem
- Headding to the library
- Technically, you’re not supposed to use the reference computers for MySpace, but maybe if you to add the library’s page to your f-list …
- Library is packed with noisy beings, other languages and exposed underwear.
- in a library that’s not mine, leeching wifi and writing
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“Over dude!” I love it! Also, very nice of ASU to have a library specifically for nerds.
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That was fascinating to read through. Thanks for posting.
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Many thanks for posting this sample. Gives me more food for thought than I can bear at this hour. Love the smelly corner twitter.
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awesome!