Poll: HNSearch Contest Voting

Yes they are, though my email is in my profile if you would like to talk :) I'm the one behind http://hnmood.com

This is great, it let me quickly relocate mechanical_fish's classic "gone to the zoo" metaphor. Probably still the all-time best post I've read on HN: http://bitovod.com/hn/best-of?limit=100&username=mechani...

well, it's just a simple project, pulling the comments from hnsearch and passing them through the AlchemyAPI. Thought about doing something else with the website, but my conclusion was that a bookmarklet to analyse the comments in place was more useful. you project looks very cool

Regarding my Ticker Tape app here's my original description with a bit of explanation on what it is:

OK - I have no illusions about winning the contest, but just for fun I gave it a go by adding support to my existing Android app, SocialMediaTicker. My app is designed for when your device is charging or otherwise idle and is a bit of an eye-candy display. It's a 3D, interactive ticker-tape type display that scrolls facebook feeds, twitter streams, news headlines, photos, rss feeds, etc. Click once to stop an item, click on it again to call up the full photo, story, rss feed, etc.

For HN, I added a headline search capability and also made it part of my experimental Twitter Trends mashup where the search terms for content automatically come from the currently trending topics under Twitter. This can be hit-and-miss for HN as oftentimes Twitter trending terms don't match well to the topics found under HN, but other times I've been surprised about what pops up.

If you want to give the mashup a try, I'd turn most other content off, turn the mashup on, sit back and watch what happens! Configuration of all content can be found in the preferences menu. By default HN is off.

To give it a try on your Android, download the app here:

http://www.socialmediaticker.com/SocialMediaTicker.apk

Feedback appreciated!