Show HN: Watch LIVE Twitter photos related to #Sandy hurricane in real time.

by pablosanchez • 14 years ago

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An app we made quickly using Node.JS, Express, Jade & Socket.IO to show photos uploaded to Twitter related to Sandy hurricane.

nosecreek• 14 years ago

Pretty much just a white screen for me, none of the pictures are loading. If I hover over where they are supposed to be I can see the related tweet. It also seems to be loading new tweets pretty fast. Can't say for sure since I can't see the photos, but I think it might be too fast to get a good look at any of them.

pablosanchez4• 14 years ago

Weird, most browsers show the pics as they're uploaded to Twitter. And yes, it's pretty fast because people are sharing lots and lots of pictures related to Sandy right now. Will try to slow them down, but it won't be real time anymore.

ddw• 14 years ago

Just a white screen for me too. When I hover over I see the tweet text, but the images never load on the screen. Chrome 22.0.1229.94. Cool idea though!

joonix• 14 years ago

Same.

skeletonjelly2• 14 years ago

Sorry as useful as this might be, it's totally hindered by UI issues. Pictures I'm trying to look at sporadically shuffle along, half of them are irrelevant, and there are heaps of duplicates and memes. The last two are forgiven since this was probably whipped up in haste, surely there's a site that allows filtering and quick delivery with a better UI?

pablosanchez4• 14 years ago

Thanks for your comment! We created it in about 15 minutes right when Sandy arrived to NYC, so we had little time to optimize it. It's showing in real time what's being shared over Twitter, it's not curated at all. Cheers!

skeletonjelly2• 14 years ago

No worries I totally understand. It'll be a useful service to some I'm sure. All the best!

mikebracco• 14 years ago

I don't know if they still have it but http://enjoysthin.gs/ used to have a great way of visually bringing in new content as it came in.

pablosanchez4• 14 years ago

Checking it out right now. Thanks Mike!

Show HN: Watch LIVE Twitter photos related to #Sandy hurricane in real time.

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