What is TwitterBuzz?
TwitterBuzz collects links that are mentioned on Twitter, a popular microblogging service, and arranges them in order of popularity. You can view links mentioned in the last hour, day, week, or forever (since archival started).
Are you affiliated with Twitter?
No. The site just uses Twitter's data API.
What new features are planned?
You will shortly be able to view a list of posts a given URL is mentioned in, and view its popularity over time. If you have suggestions, please comment here.
What's this written in?
Ruby on Rails, of course! It is Web2.0, after all! No, it's really written in Common Lisp, using the TBNL (temporarily, probably will soon be Hunchentoot) web server.
Why the bird and bee?
Birds twitter, bees buzz.
What are bees?
Bees are baby birds.
What are birds?
We simply don't know. Write that down in your copybooks now.