The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw The recent Atlassian Codegeist competition afforded me an opportune moment to further explore new areas of Confluence plugin development. My current contracting assignment involves heavily customising both the theme and functionality of the Confluence platform - but Codegeist offered a chance to really experiment! With the explosion of social networking applications and the rise of the flow , I decided to integrate the functionality of one of the most profilic flow tools in the netsphere, Twitter , with Confluence. Twitter + wiki = Twikkir Posing the simple question 'What are you doing now?", millions have taken to tweeting their response on Twitter to anybody who will listen. From a simple status update to a possible support circle to a tribe building ecosystem , Twitter has become another pillar of the fast-evolving web. In his blog, Rands notes: I want to ...
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