TwitterView - NBADeck 051309In this TwitterVIEW, Ryan Yee of NerdBoyTV interviews Willy Chataigner, a former competitive French basketball player and creator of NBADeck.com. His website combines live game feeds, video, and real-time Twitter chats for a totally interactive experience.
SPORTS BLOGGER / ATHLETE TwitterView with @NBADeck Willy Chataigner is a former competitive French basketball player and creator of NBADeck.com. His website combines live game feeds, video, and real-time Twitter chats for a totally interactive experience. Willy has been able to combine his extensive technical Internet background with his love and passion for basketball. http://www.NBADeck.com http://twitter.com/nbadeck NerdBoyTV: Welcome to NerdBoyTV's TwitterVIEW with @nbadeck, who's been REALLY busy the last couple of weeks during the playoffs. Are you there bud? NBADeck: Hi Ryan, yes I'm here. NerdBoyTV: Thanks for joining me. So, for those Tweeple NOT familiar with http://www.nbadeck.com, what is it and why did you start the website? NBADeck: NBADeck.com is the NBA tweet-by-tweet—a Twitter-NBA-video mashup. I started it because I was bored and I love the NBA. NerdBoyTV: Twitter seems like the ideal social medium for this too; so are you monitoring multiple games while tweeting them here? NBADeck: Well, I'm using some scripts that go fetch games/teams’ related tweets and broadcast live video games at the same time… NBADeck: …so you can follow the game live and live tweets while tweeting at the same time. That's the idea :) NerdBoyTV: Ah so you're a bit more techie than the average Twitterer, eh? ;-) Tell me a little bit about your background; it's interesting... NBADeck: Yes, a little bit more techie, I guess...I am a web designer. I have been plugged since I discovered the Internet in 1997 (in France). 1 “NBADeck.com is the NBA tweet-bytweet—a TwitterNBA-video mashup. I started it because I was bored and I love the NBA.” NBADeck: In 1998, I started to teach French people from 7 to 77 how to use the Internet. I've went all around France for 18 months. NBADeck: I probably did the Tour de France more than 50 times :) That was fun :) NerdBoyTV: Wow, you were definitely one of the early adopters ;-) NerdBoyTV: ...and your passion for basketball? Where did that come from? NBADeck: I played basketball competitively in France for 10 years. I lived basketball, ate basketball, and dream basketball. NBADeck: I was a streetball champion on the west coast of France. That was a long time ago though! NBADeck: I played in the national scene with my team "reveil bressuirais". You know basketball is a very close family. NerdBoyTV: And now you're able to take your early Internet experience and combine it with your competitive basketball experience here on Twitter. NerdBoyTV: That must feel REALLY good, huh? NBADeck: I thought it would be a good idea to combine Twitter and the NBA. I think this is still early for people to adopt the concept. NBADeck: I think Twitter is mostly used by geeks like you and I, but more and more people are using it. nbadeck is just an experiment NerdBoyTV: True, I find the tweets tend to be very techie at times, but I think that's why your use of Twitter kind of stuck out for me... NBADeck: I'd like to renew eventually for the next NBA season. NBADeck: I've tried to concentrate the best sources. I see that there were 4479 updates since I started. I'm using a bot to update @nbadeck. “I played basketball competitively in France for 10 years. I lived basketball, ate basketball, and dream basketball.” “I've tried to concentrate the best sources. I see that there were 4479 updates since I started. I'm using a bot to update @nbadeck.” 2 NerdBoyTV: By the way Tweeple, you can checkout the website at http://nbadeck.com/ NerdBoyTV: So DO Tweeple reply back to any of your posts? Maybe even a spirited Twitter discussion DURING a game, perhaps? NBADeck: Yes, I've gotten some replies from fans who support their teams—some trash talking. It's fun to connect with NBA fans :) NBADeck: Like “Lakers suck, they can't win without Shaq.” NerdBoyTV: LOL and yet they win by 40 the other night...watch out! hehehe NerdBoyTV: Oh I figured you'd find some live ones here on Twitter hehehe...and sport fans HAVE opinions (hehehe). NerdBoyTV: So where do you want to take nbadeck? What's in the future after the Playoffs end? NBADeck: As I said, @nbadeck is an experiment. If I have time I'd like to renew the experience for the 2009/2010 NBA season. NBADeck: At this point I would need some help. So if anyone is interested out there, let me know. You can find my contact on nbadeck.com. NerdBoyTV: What do you think about players like Shaq tweeting during games? Sharing live thoughts/comments? NBADeck: I don't think players should tweet during games...they have better to do. NerdBoyTV: Well, it DOES make one think they're not paying attention to the business at hand, huh? LOL NBADeck: Also, there are a few directories outside Twitter.com...but I think that Twitter should work on that—to develop the community aspect. NerdBoyTV: Oh I hear ya...I think you're really onto something, though. Bot feeds through Twitter with space for interaction could be... “Yes, I've gotten some replies from fans who support their teams—some trash talking. It's fun to connect with NBA fans!” “…I think that Twitter should work on that—to develop the community aspect.” 3 NerdBoyTV: ...applied to just about ANY field or topic. And you have the ability to setup on autopilot for companies, etc. I hope you continue with this. NBADeck: The Twittersphere is kind of huge—it's really hard to spread the word and find people that might be interested. NerdBoyTV: Well, probably much like ebay, THIS Twitter community will be defined by the people who actually use it and Twitter might... NerdBoyTV: ...respond with the additional tools and features to support the direction the Twittersphere takes it. NBADeck: I agree even though they (Twitter) don't seem to listen to their core users! NerdBoyTV: Now you KNEW I couldn't let you go without some "predictions," right? NBADeck: The series is not over and I'm looking forward to the conference finals—we might have a few surprises :) NBADeck: hehe :) I would really like to see the Cavaliers win over the Lakers this year. I like the team spirit of the Cavs NerdBoyTV: Western Conference? Whatcha thinking for Thursday? NBADeck: Lakers will win over the Rockets. NerdBoyTV: And will Denver hold on? NBADeck: They might—that would be the surprise! Nuggets vs. Cavaliers would be a good NBA final :) NBADeck: The Rockets don't have luck with Yao and without him they can't go anywhere. I'm really upset about how the refs get on (Ron) Artest, too. NBADeck: Lakers vs. Cavaliers would be an awesome NBA Final—I can't wait :) “The series is not over and I'm looking forward to the conference finals—we might have a few surprises :)” “I would really like to see the Cavaliers win over the Lakers this year. I like the team spirit of the Cavs.” 4 NerdBoyTV: And could you PLEASE shut Mark Cuban up? LOL, he's a character...in Oakland (my hometown), that wouldn't go over too well...
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