Behold: The timeless holiday tale, Home Alone, told entirely via Twitter lists. Currently the project, which has been going on since December 22, only has 126 followers. You can get in on the action here. Put down the spiked eggnog and step away from the mistletoe, this is a real holiday treat.
At this point in what's being called "The Home Alone Project," we're roughly at the part in the movie where Kevin (played by Macaulay Culkin) announces, "When those guys come back, I'll be ready...", signifying his intention to give the robbers a run for their money. Still, the tweets are coming in slowly (one every hour or so), meaning the movie still has a ways to go before the credits roll.
While we've seen online technology used to tell stories in unconventional ways before, this project has an air of teamwork to it that really gets us in the holiday spirit (provided there're actually 22 Twitter accounts lending their typing talents). Kudos to the Nation design studio in London, England, for making this Christmas miracle manifest.
You can also check out the widget below if you're not inclined to follow:
new TWTR.Widget({
version: 2,
type: 'list',
rpp: 30,
interval: 6000,
title: 'The Home Alone Project',
subject: '',
width: 250,
height: 300,
theme: {
shell: {
background: '#ed0c0c',
color: '#ffffff'
},
tweets: {
background: '#49f016',
color: '#444444',
links: '#db1533'
}
},
features: {
scrollbar: true,
loop: false,
live: true,
hashtags: true,
timestamp: true,
avatars: true,
behavior: 'all'
}
}).render().setList('@HATProject', 'homealone').start();