Build something with ruby that outputs data for tendril on twitter. Display the data with a simple, graphical UI so they can see how they appear on twitter. Next steps,
- read through this article
- Define the tendril keywords to mine for
- grab a range of data for one or two days
- massage data into working dataset if needed put it into a database.
- write client side application that pulls subsets of data and displays it graphically in web browser.
Finish the marketing sales pitch for myself publish it. Then build the above, keep it really simple and focus on the graphing with the best tools for the job, not jQuery though. Then take a few dollars and target Tendril locations boulder, boston and any others for a campaign to target tendril employees.
