Citrus Fortress

Unix had a shell language. DOS had a batch language. Lotus 1-2-3 had its macro language. Emacs is a programming tool as much as it is a text editor. We have gotten out of the habit of making programmable end-user products, but they are still just as important today as they were a couple of decades ago.

…What if there were a relatively simple and low-power programming language built into a Twitter client that allowed power users to build their own little apps on top of Twitter?

This is an interesting read. I certainly agree that Twitter shines best as a messaging layer and not as an end product. Not sure you would actually need a scripting language (though that would be cool, admittedly), so much as a decently powerful set of filtration tools. Arguably, one could achieve everything Dave is talking about with Twitter + Yahoo Pipes + an RSS reader.