Twitter Screensaver
I did something very simple with Twitter that I quite like.
I took the RSS feed from my ‘friends’ page. Then fed it into the Mac RSS screensaver (which is installed as standard on a Mac). Now whenever my screensaver activates I get a rundown of what my friends are doing. I guess if you have updates on it’s kind of pointless, but I don’t so it’s a nice passive way to get a snapshot of what people are up to.
It looks a little something like this:
Twitter Screensaver
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Now that is impressive!
Only problem is, when your screen saver activates, it’s likely because you’re away from your computer so you won’t get the updates. Everyone else will though.
you should know that I fall asleep at my computer a lot, when I wake up I see my screensaver
I saw my name on there. Spooky.
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