Google Maps + Twitter = Twittervision

// March 18th, 2007 // Good things, Web 2.0

What better way to slack on a Sunday afternoon than by playing with a new mashup? David Troy has created a nifty little mashup for Twitter fans that shows the stream of tweets on a Google Map. It’s called Twittervision, and it’s a fascinating to watch the geek-world spin.

Twittervision

Of course, Jaiku also has a similar map on their homepage, that seems to be a little faster. The really weird thing is that in order to see it, you have to sign out of Jaiku. Dumb.

Jaiku-vision

Visit Twitter, Twittervision and Jaiku.

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2 Responses to “Google Maps + Twitter = Twittervision”

  1. Twittervision is beautiful as a visual representation of our Web 2.0 communities. It even made me
    even made me not hate Twitter anymore

  2. Jeff Hester says:

    Ilya, Twittervision is fascinating, and it does help visualize the connections between people. This is where Jaiku actually outtwits Twitter, as comments are truly threaded.

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