Graeme Sutherland

software development is a craft

Hiding Promoted Tweets in Twitter Searches

I'm getting rather fond of a full mutiple-window experience when watch the Formula 1, and one of those windows is open on a search for f1 or #f1 to keep an eye on the discussion.

That works, except there is often a repeated promoted tweet that stays at the top of the search results. This confuses and annoys me, as I have to cast my eyes past this promoted tweet again and again and again to see the real search results.  Once, on the initial search, is enough, after that, these things are unnecessary noise. Like this:

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So, I've made a Google Chrome Extension to take away promoted tweets after the first time you see them.  When there are more search items, and 'x new tweets'  shows, clicking on this renders the search results minus the promoted tweets.   You'll still see Top Tweets, though, I might take them on next.

Get the extension from here:  Hide Repeated Promoted Tweets.  Read more info here.  I hope it is useful.  And let me know what you think.

 

Unlogo.org -- excellent idea

Unlogo is a web service that eliminates logos and other corporate signage from videos. On a practical level, it takes back your personal media from the corporations and advertisers. On a technical level, it is a really cool combination of some brand new OpenCV and FFMPEG functionality. On a poetic level, it is a tool for focusing on what is important in the record of your life rather than the ubiquitous messages that advertisers want you to focus on.
via unlogo.org

Very nice piece of work, this. Unlogo removes logos and corporate signage from video. What a great experiment. I haven't had a look at the videos on the site yet, but I have great hopes.

One of the things that I notice particularly about the UK countryside is that there is a complete absence of billboards, and that's almost worth a sigh of relief every time there's a stretch of road with green either side and no advertising signage.