Twitter - from the past!

Ever watched a recorded TV programme and wished you could see what the reaction was on Twitter? Now you can!

Together with the brilliant developers at Raak, I've (beta) launched Tweet Rewinder.

It's a mobile web app that lets you rewind your Twitter timeline and see tweets from the past unfold in real time

So you can jump back to the time a TV recording had actually been on, and then watch what people were saying in sync with the programme.

You can do the same thing with certain hashtags (there's a list anyone can use or users of the paid-for service can choose their own hashtag to capture - whether it's a TV programme, news event or conference).

Anyway, if you go to www.tweetrewinder.com, you can watch a video that explains how it works and sign up for the beta version (which works best on a mobile phone right now). But here are some screenshots. (You can follow Tweet Rewinder on Twitter, too).

Going back in time

Choose your timeline or a hashtag, then choose the time

Tweets from the past in real time

Then watch tweets from the past unfold in real time

There's also a write up at The Next Web.

Let me know what you think!

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