January 21, 2009
The River Mersey is now on Twitter
No self-respecting river can be without a Twitter account these days. If the River Thames has one then it's about time that the River Mersey was twittering too.
Rather than go on about the tides, I thought it would be more interesting to get a feel for the traffic using the river.
From his office in Tower Building, my granddad used to be able to look out over the river and see the ships coming and going. I'm a bit further away from the river, but I've knocked together a simple service to watch the ships for me and then twitter about them. I might not be able to see them (unless I walk round to the other side of the cathedral) but by following @merseyshipping on Twitter I still get to hear what's happening.
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Love it! Will pop it in the FACT blog!
Posted by: Stu at FACT at January 21, 2009 04:11 PMHi Adrian,
Just forwarded a link to the twitter to my work colleagues, (we have a view of the mersey from our office!) one of which has made a request:
"Is there a twitter site that tells us if any eligible sailors are due in???? "
Is this possible?
Rosie
Hi Adrian,
Just forwarded a link to the twitter to my work colleagues, (we have a view of the mersey from our office!) one of which has made a request:
"Is there a twitter site that tells us if any eligible sailors are due in???? "
Is this possible?
Rosie