"The funny thing is that as absurd and comical as this sounded when the Engine Yard guys told me about it, I've started to think about this as a way to possibly achieve a real technological breakthrough"
Technological breakthrough? At the end of the day, it's the http protocol + POST. What breakthroughs are we going to see?
140 characters - barely anything useful can be sent in 140 characters for messaging systems. Heck, a unique identifier will take up most of the message.
"The funny thing is that as absurd and comical as this sounded when the Engine Yard guys told me about it, I've started to think about this as a way to possibly achieve a real technological breakthrough"
Technological breakthrough? At the end of the day, it's the http protocol + POST. What breakthroughs are we going to see?
140 characters - barely anything useful can be sent in 140 characters for messaging systems. Heck, a unique identifier will take up most of the message.