Now You’ve Seen Everything
Exercise for the mind can take many forms. While writing a Twitter client in Excel may not be your idea of a fun challenge, it sure is mine. So, I’ve decided to attach my latest mini-project, “TwExcel,” to this post. I appreciate the suggestion from Jason Ryan to call it “Excreet,” but in-the-end, I had to go with my gut (wow, so many puns there). Anyway, feel free to download and enjoy TwExcel. It actually does work and you can fully trust the Macros :).
Update: Make sure you save the file to your machine. If you click on the link above and run it over the Internet, the macros will fail. I don’t know why, that’s just the way Excel works.
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Glen Turpin said,
December 12, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
I’m in awe. I don’t know whether this is cool or insane. Or both. Whichever it is, it’s very impressive. Nice work.
Shannon Whitley said,
December 12, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
Thanks, Glen (I think). This is a pretty stupid project, but sometimes I just can’t stop myself.
Glen Turpin said,
December 12, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
I can’t imagine what possessed you to do it, but it’s a very interesting idea and a great demonstration of the power of Excel and the simplicity of the Twitter API. I’m glad you did it. I’m very impressed.
primesuspect said,
December 13, 2008 @ 12:13 am
Twitter Comment by @primesuspect (primesuspect)…
No seriously - @swhitley wrote a Twitter client in EXCEL. EXCEL! This is crazy talk!
[link to post] - http://twitter.com/primesuspect/statuses/1054958926 - Posted using Chat Catcher (http://www.chatcatcher.com/) …
Tom Gleeson said,
December 13, 2008 @ 6:06 am
No,it’s not a stupid project, it could actually have some business value, for example using twitter for project status updates or whatever, getting the data back to excel for analysis and reporting!
Also, I’ve been unhappy with most of the Twitter clients I’ve come across, I’d been thinking about using Excel to craft my own (groups, filters etc.),getting started was the problem, I’ve no excuse now.
Tom
contextures said,
December 13, 2008 @ 10:44 pm
Twitter Comment by @contextures (Debra Dalgleish)…
Using TwExcel to post from Excel 2003 [link to post] - http://twitter.com/contextures/statuses/1056415945 - Posted using Chat Catcher (http://www.chatcatcher.com/) …
Shannon Whitley said,
December 13, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
Hey Tom, you can’t get much more open source, so maybe some of this code will help you. I was thinking that it might be easier for new business users to work with Excel than one of the AIR clients.
mjkeliher said,
December 15, 2008 @ 11:06 am
Twitter Comment by @mjkeliher (Mike Keliher)…
Twitter client built in Excel. Sounds (is) ridiculous, but has some practical uses. Save and sort a conversation, for ex. [link to post] - http://twitter.com/mjkeliher/statuses/1058943082 - Posted using Chat Catcher (http://www.chatcatcher.com/) …
tylerpoling said,
December 15, 2008 @ 11:19 am
Twitter Comment by @tylerpoling (Brance Tyler Poling)…
RT @malbiniak: Kill me now. A native Excel Twitter client. Yes, you read that right. [link to post] (via @swhitley) - http://twitter.com/tylerpoling/statuses/1058968947 - Posted using Chat Catcher (http://www.chatcatcher.com/) …
daveyarmon said,
December 15, 2008 @ 11:32 am
Twitter Comment by @daveyarmon (Dave Armon)…
Tool that puts Tweets in Excel could have been named Excreet, but @swhitley took the high road. [link to post] - http://twitter.com/daveyarmon/statuses/1058990803 - Posted using Chat Catcher (http://www.chatcatcher.com/) …
lvtrii said,
December 25, 2008 @ 5:47 pm
Twitter Comment by @lvtrii (lvtrii)
Actually tempted to try this myself. [link to post]
- http://twitter.com/lvtrii/statuses/1078625651
- Posted using Chat Catcher
mr_flibble08 said,
December 26, 2008 @ 5:14 am
Twitter Comment by @mr_flibble08 (mr_flibble08)
Twitter in Excel! madness! [link to post]
- http://twitter.com/mr_flibble08/statuses/1079221816
- Posted using Chat Catcher
pdxmikek (Michael Krupa) said,
April 26, 2009 @ 4:19 pm
Twitter Comment
@lisarosendahl Found it!! Twitter client for Excel by @swhitley. [link to post] [No, really...no thanks needed]
- Posted using Chat Catcher