Montreal Metro and Twitter
A little while ago (28th of May 2009 to be exact), there was a bomb alert in the Montreal Metro. It took me forever to get home, because I took all the wrong decisions. Actually, I ended up walking home and it took me 90 minutes. It could have taken me less than 40 minutes if I had chosen to walk directly from work instead of trying to get into the metro. I had no idea what was going on exactly - it’s only when I got home that I learned about the bomb threat at Berri-UQAM station.
I thought it would have been really cool if I knew of some iPhone app that would have given me the information… And there was information on Twitter about what was going on.
So here it is: my first iPhone optimized web page. Actually, it’s also my first try using the Twitter API.
It’s quite simple, it basically does a search on Twitter using some hash tags: #yul or #montreal and #metro or #stm. The icons are from the Crystal Project (very nice open source icon library by the way).
So, basically, the YUL STM & Twitter page could be used to get real-time info on what’s going on in the Montreal public transit system and avoid long delays. Use the tags (#yul OR #montreal along with #metro or #stm) and your Twitter post will show on the page.
Don’t hesitate giving me feedback or asking for new features.
Screen shot of the application on iPhone
June 7, 2009 - 9:04 AM Comments (2)
