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America, your congress is Mashed UP!
The document outlines ten lessons learned from creating tweetcongress.org, a Twitter directory for the U.S. Congress. Key takeaways include the importance of having a compelling name, a clear purpose, and utilizing existing APIs. The project emphasizes that small ideas can lead to significant impacts and that enthusiasm is crucial for success.
America, your congress is Mashed UP!
- 1. Ten things welearned building TweetCongress.org AMERICA, YOUR CONGRESS IS MASHED UP! OpenBeta4 March 24, 2010 WYNNNETHERLAND Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 2. My rep @michaelcburgess is on Twitter. Is yours? Thursday, March 25, 2010
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- 4. and aggregator ^ The idea: A Twitter directory for the US Congress Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 5. Tales from the pitch the reaction: silence [ ] Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 6. “... OK sono one else thinks this is a good idea” Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 7. Lesson #1 Stick with a good idea Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 8. myreptweets.com doesyourreptweet.com tweetcongress.com .org Thursday, March 25, 2010
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- 10. Lesson #2 A good name makes a difference Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 11. Lesson #3 Have a why Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 12. “We the Tweepleof the United States, in order to form a more perfect government, establish communication, and promote transparency do hereby tweet the Congress of the United States of America.” Thursday, March 25, 2010
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- 14. “Burn!” -- Michael Kelso Thursday, March 25, 2010
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- 16. Lesson #4 Small ideas can have a big impact Thursday, March 25, 2010
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- 20. Lesson #5 Mash up your passions, have fun Thursday, March 25, 2010
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- 22. Lesson #6 Don't start from scratch - use APIs Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 23. Are my congressfolk on Twitter? Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 24. Wait. Who theheck are my congress folk again? Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 25. # GET /legislators.allForZip.json?zip=76227 Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 26. What are mycongress tweeps tweeting? Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 27. That's so awhole other talk. Hit me with your questions in the Q&A... Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 28. Lesson #7 Get whitelisted 20,000 is really a small number in the grand scheme of things. Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 29. Lesson #8 Enthusiasm is contagious Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 30. akfast w ith B re Nune maker John Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 31. Lesson #9 Twitterland is a Red State ...for now Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 32. Independent 2 Democrat 62 Democrat Republican Republican 123 Independent Thursday, March 25, 2010
- 33. Lesson #10 Congress evokes strong feelings Thursday, March 25, 2010
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- 37. So much funat @openbeta4 in OKC tonight. Thanks for having me! Thursday, March 25, 2010