Does anyone remember TwitterCamp? It was an Adobe Air application that displayed tweets of a specific parameter, like a user name or hashtag. We used it on a big screen in the lobby for Faculty Academy at the University of mary Washington all the way back in 2008 2007 (Editors note – Alan Levine points out that it was 2007 – I should read my blog posts more closely). Anyone who tweeted using the hashtag #FacultyAcademy would get their posts included on the big screen.
Well, I recently discovered Fediwall which seems to be something that looks very similar to TwitterCamp, only for the Fediverse. I’ve just started playing with it but it could serve conferences who want to move to federated social media, as way to encourage attendees to share their Fediverse findings.
GitHub – defnull/fediwall: Social media wall for the Fediverse
TwitterCamp flickr photo by stevegarfield shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
March 10, 2025 — 10:16 am
Great memories of TwitterCamp, and trolled through the post bin and found a reference back to discovering in April 2007 with a “linktribution” to Tim Lauer, but more posts referencing the customizations you did and shared for Faculty Academy 2007. I put into regular use at NMC, one year suggests we bagged 1800 tweets at one conference.
Alas what was / is possible with an open API (bless you Mastodon et al). I also found references to twapperkeepr, PrintYourTeeets, Rommatic (?), pathable, Crowdvine. I loved the animation style of Visible Tweets which actually is still a working domain with a You Need Flash notice. It’s like a Coelacanth http://visibletweets.com
Fediwall looks slick, and perhaps easy to self host. Coooooooool stuff thanks
March 10, 2025 — 10:22 am
Was hoping this discovery would “give back” to you specifically! I read a blog post from back in the day that mentioned you were using it – https://andheblogs.andyrush.net/i-need-some-air/ – and you’re right, it was 2007!
March 10, 2025 — 11:11 am
This is awesome, plus I love that its just a static HTML site!
bookmarking this for later!
March 10, 2025 — 1:13 pm
Absolutely! Both you and Alan are keeping me on my toes for what look for in these tools 🙂