Twadar in action
This weeks App of the week is Twadar by EastsideBasement. Twadar is a great little app that shows you who is tweeting in your neighbourhood. Lots of Twitter apps offer the facility to see tweets from those nearby but the reason I like it so much is that it displays the information on a map. The Twadar icon is at the centre of the page and then it starts to scan when you ask it to. It has a great GUI and you can see the radar spinning round as it scans your area. Then it starts to populate your area with all the people that have recently tweeted, their profile pic, profile name and latest Tweet. Once again I am finding that Geotagging is proving to be useful. I cannot believe how sceptical I was about this whole concept at the beginning of the year, but as time has gone on developers are finding new and innovative ways to make use of this technology. It’s only a question of time before two people who are trying to meet up both send a Tweet out and then one uses Twadar to find the location of the other.
You can also set a specific location other than your own by town, postcode and you can even just choose a location on the map to drop Twadar on.
I have to be honest, it’s a bit dull out here where I am as I seem to be the only person nearby who Tweets, but when I am in a city centre then you get to see exactly who’s about.
It’s a fun little app, comes in a free version as well as the paid for version and is only €1.49. It may not change your life but it is fun to watch. Twadar is available in the Android Marketplace.
