Announcing inLNK.in
I took the day off work today to attend my great aunt Lucille’s funeral. She’s not the type who would have wanted us all to sit around moping. So instead, I decided to build something. Well, I was chatting with my friend Josh Heyer when an idea struck me. Thus was born inLNK.in.
inLNK.in is a simple little website that pulls in the latest tweets tagged with #LNK. Right now there aren’t many features: pagination (50 items per page), and simple search capabilities within #LNK-tagged tweets. Eventually I would like to create a simple API to allow Lincoln bloggers to quickly and easily install a little widget on their webpages showing the latest #LNK tweets.
Anyway, give inLNK.in a try. I would love to hear your reactions and feature requests.
Oh, and credit for the logo goes to Mr. Heyer. Thanks, Josh!
The Comments
Josh Duff says Sweet. Now all we August 7, 2009 at 6:47pm
Sweet. Now all we need is a way to filter out people who tweet using the hashtag in uninteresting or inappropriate ways…
Mr. Wilson says RE: Sweet. Now all we August 7, 2009 at 8:41pm
I have a few ideas about how to approach that problem. One is already in place: I can delete individual tweets. That does nothing for repeat offenders, of course. I’ll see what I can do.
Gene says RE: Announcing inLNK.in August 8, 2009 at 8:23am
All of the #LNK related stuff you’ve done lately is the coolest. Thanks!
D. L. Whitehead says InLink.In RSS Feed? August 8, 2009 at 1:15pm
InLink.In RSS Feed?
Mr. Wilson says RE: InLink.In RSS Feed? August 9, 2009 at 10:10am
Ask and ye shall receive: http://inlnk.in/rss/
Fletch says Why do the pretty boxes August 10, 2009 at 7:53am
Why do the pretty boxes overlap so I can’t read a lot of the white text from the blue boxes? Is that my outdated browser?
Mr. Wilson says RE: Why do the pretty boxes August 10, 2009 at 8:02am
Let me guess, you’re using Internet Explorer 6, right? I have nearly infinite disdain for that browser so I very rarely test my own projects in it any more. (I always test client sites in IE6, but only because I have to.) If you aren’t locked into IE6 by an unfortunate workplace IT policy or something, I encourage you to upgrade.
And I suppose I could crack open IE6 to see what the problem is, but only because you’re a good guy.
Mr. Wilson says RE: Why do the pretty boxes August 10, 2009 at 8:36am
I added a couple small tweaks for IE6, and it looks fine for me now. Let me know if it’s still busted on your end.
Fletch says RE: Why do the pretty boxes August 10, 2009 at 6:27pm
Looks great now. What can I say? I’m old school. I use Firefox for a lot of stuff, but still use IE 6 for a lot since my work requires IE. I never took a liking to IE 7 and have hesitated trying IE 8. I know people like me are the bain of your existance. LOL
I still use XP for that matter.
On the plus side, I did buy a new Vista machine over the weekend for other purposes than my own. Since it’s got a funky new (to me) OS, I figured I’d download IE 8 - seems okay, but I like the way I can configure my IE 6 toolbars better.
beerorkid says Very cool. Got it August 10, 2009 at 8:54am
Very cool. Got it up on my site. Had to tweak the width my 10 pixels to get it to play nice.
You cool
Mr. Wilson says RE: Very cool. Got it August 10, 2009 at 9:03am
Nice! If I have time one of the features I may add is the ability for website operators to use their own CSS, so the box fits into your site theme a little less obtrusively. Or maybe I’ll just offer up some different themes. Hmm…
Anyway, let me know if you have feature requests or if it misbehaves at all.
Fletch says RE: Very cool. Got it August 10, 2009 at 6:28pm
You know this Twitter thing is just a fad though, right?