[twitter-dev] Re: Freelance Twitter API Dev directory?

2009-04-29 Thread Alexey S Papulovskiy

Hello,

Please also add me to the list.

Real name: Alexey Papulovskiy
Twitter: @nullwaver
Website with examples: http://huitter.com

On 29 апр, 03:56, Mike Lewis  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please add me to the list
>
> Real Name: Mike Lewis
> Twitter Username: @mikelikespie
> Email: m...@narwhalconsulting.com
>
> Web page:http://narwhalconsulting.com
> Example: tweeptracker.com
>
> Consulting firm out of SF bay area. Expertise in Python, Pylons,
> Postgres, REST API's, OAuth, AJAX, Flex, Javascript, C, etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> On Mar 12, 2:24 pm, Ollie  wrote:
>
> > Can I be added to the list please?
>
> > Real Name: Ollie Parsley
> > Twitter Username: @ollieparsley
> > Email: ol...@ollieparsley.com
>
> > Freelance PHP developer based in Dorset, UK. Have quite a bit of
> > experience with the Twitter APIs for bespoke web apps using PHP/MySQL.
> > Done a fair bit of .NET with Oracle too.
>
> >http://footytweets.comhttp://twitterleague.comhttp://h1debate.com
>
> > Thanks
>
> > Ollie


[twitter-dev] Re: most efficient method for followers & friends count

2009-04-29 Thread Alexey S Papulovskiy

In my "mutuality" tool I use social graph methods and I think it
works.

On Apr 29, 9:54 am, API_Tester  wrote:
> Just need number of followers and number of friends.
>
> Method 1: users/show and use the followers_count and friends_count
> values. Problem: The numbers are updating only on a status update.
> Example: At last status update if followers_count was 2420 and then
> there have been 30 more followers. Unless there is a status update,
> the followers_count does not change to 2450.
>
> Method 2: statuses/friends and statuses/followers looping through each
> page. This is an unnecessary strain on the API system and secondly,
> when twitter is loaded, this method takes forever or breaks.
>
> Method 3: Yet to try, can use social graph methods and count the
> number of IDs returned.
>
> Could someone suggest which of these methods is recommended or if
> there is a more efficient method.
>
> Thanks