Help
Getting started
- Get a Twitter account (it's free!)
- If your Twitter updates are protected you'll need to follow @oo5.
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For Out of Five to pick up your reviews you need to tweet a thing, score out of five and a comment using the following format:
@oo5 thing score review
Have a look over there on the right hand side for some examples. Or, if you have a spare moment, read over the conventions. - Use Twitter to send reviews via SMS, Instant Messenger or a web browser... Woo!
The idea
I was getting annoyed with my inability to remember exactly what I thought of gigs and films by the following morning... so I set about making a little service that would let me text gig and movie reviews while on the bus home.
The result was Out of Five, a little service that grabs reviews from Twitter.
Contact
If you want to get in touch drop an email to oo5 [at] donotremove [dot] co [dot] uk.
Roadmap
Out of Five is in its infancy right now; it's a very long way from finished. Amongst the dozens of things waiting to be added, here are some of the highlights:
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Feeds for pretty much everything -
A simple API -
Microformats -
Search - Widgets
- More information about reviewed items
- Recommendations
Examples
- @oo5 The Maid 3.8 Interesting slice-of-life about a middle-aged maid. Looks very simple but feels complex and engaging. yesterday by phae
- @oo5 Battlestar Galatica 4.0 marathon Sunday session to conclude series 3 now hoping the final season will go out with a bang! Aug 30th by KazP
- @oo5 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 3.5 finally watched it & it didn't quite live up to what I was hoping Aug 30th by KazP
- @oo5 Case39 2.0 bog standard devil-child-by-numbers yarn with phoned-in performances and plot without shocks or surprises. Not dire, just meh Aug 29th by drsnooks
- @oo5 Shutter Island 3.8 above avg psychodrama, Ben Kingsley v good, surprisingly sad more than scary. Worth a watch Aug 28th by drsnooks