Python powering giant screen in Times Square

[Eric Snow]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Jason Ford <jason at feedmagnet.com> wrote:
> Verizon has a giant HD screen in Times Square today showing a live
> feed of social media activity – and it's built entirely in Python.
>
> Our app, FeedMagnet, aggregates and curates social content and is
> powering the screen. It has a Django front-end and pure Python backend
> to talk to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Foursquare, and
> other sources.
>
> So if you happen to be in Times Square for the crazy party today, tell
> the people around you that big social media screen is powered by
> Python!

Wow!  That's awesome.  Thanks for sharing this!

-eric

>
> - Jason (founder of FeedMagnet)
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