When you first encounter a TwitterRemote in the wild, you do need to sign in with your Twitter credentials in order to get your picture to show up, though the creators note that this won’t be necessary once Twitter implements OAuth, which is expected soon. For each Twitter user that shows up in the widget, you can see their username, picture, and click on them to get their TwitterCounter page, from which you can see their follower trend over time and click a button to follow them.
If you want to create your own TwitterRemote widget, there are a few custom options like how many Tweeters to display, the size, and the color. From there, it’s simple copy and paste code that you can add to your blog. I've pasted a live implementation below:
Frankly, this is a fantastic creation. While MyBlogLog is already incredibly popular and offers a much fuller feature set for serving the same purpose, I’m far more likely to interact with someone that uses Twitter than MBL on a regular basis.
Being able to see which Twitter users visit the same blogs as me is a great way to find new people to follow, and you have to assume if TwitterRemote takes off, they’ll begin to add some of the more robust features of MBL, like “communities” so you can see all of the Twitter users who visit a specific problem.
More Twitter Resources From Mashable
- FOLLOW FAIL: The top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter