Do as I say, not as I do…
July 26, 2010
I know this post is technically going out on the 27th, but I’m backdating it.
Tonight I had to re-write my recently created DUI.system, because the hard drive it lived on crashed, and I didn’t have a copy of it on a second drive. I don’t know how many times I’ve told people not to trust external drives as the keeper of their primary (or only) copy of something, and somehow, this one slipped by and bit me in the ass.
Derp.
On the upside, the new revision is cleaner and the actual tweet output will be more informative based on the title of the press release. Looking at the old releases, some would have Cancelled or something similar in the title – handy info at a glance, IMHO.
DUI Decimal System
July 23, 2010
Unbeknownst to many, the NOPD is required by the Louisiana Supreme Court to inform the public of upcoming DUI checkpoints. How they disperse the information is pretty passive, and I think it should be a little more active.
I had an idea this afternoon, and have built out a “twitter app” that does just this.
All people have to do is follow the account, and if they choose, have it notify them via text message of the checkpoint. It won’t have the location – just a link to the checkpoint, but with so many people having internet capable phones, I think it’ll be just fine.
I might add some sort of Facebook cross-posting, but I figure one person will then put the info there, then others will ‘like’ or whatever, so I’m leaving it out for now. So for you New Orleans twitter users, go follow @NO_dui.