Run, Forrest! Run!

Tweet #runforrestrun to make Forrest Gump run another mile.

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Tweet #runforrestrun to make Forrest Gump run another mile.

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Every tweet containing #runforrestrun moves Forrest 1 mile along his 13,089 mile zig-zag route, from Alabama to Utah. Last time, he ran for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. How long will it take Forrest (and the internet) to do it again?

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Troopl

Maker

This is my first project after finishing the 9-week coding bootcamp Le Wagon, Amsterdam. I wanted to build something fun and pointless, for no reason other than to keep on learning :)

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6yr ago

Miami Tech Twitter Directory

@tristan_viney haha fun and pointless apps are the best. Good stuff.

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6yr ago

Troopl

Maker

cheers @dkb868! now onto the next pointless app

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6yr ago

@dkb868 @tristan_viney I posted my review and then I saw your comments. It's fine either way.

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6yr ago

All the good stuff are in the small details, Try clicking forrest for random quote! 💬 Nicely done @tristan_viney ! #theSmallThings

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6yr ago

Troopl

Maker

Thanks @84tomer :) had a blast picking those quotes. glad you liked em! the hashtag isn't being used that often, but if you're on the page when a new tweet is found, another quote pops up and the map zooms in to forrest's new location

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6yr ago

Stonly

I hope this is the beginning of something. Bringing people toward a common (funny) goal is always a good thing. If you get enough traction, you should do other like these and push the concept :)

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6yr ago

Troopl

Maker

Thank you @alexisfogel :) have a few other ideas I’m working on atm, but would love to tackle another idea like this. Learnt a lot building this one, so plenty of learnings to implement and build on.

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6yr ago

Donate $1 or so for every mile he' runs' this way to the disabled people fund somewhere. Paying it forward.

Pros:

I like the movie and how many people it touched.

Cons:

Use it for some good in the world.

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6yr ago

Love it! How did you come up with the exact path? Been quite some time since I watched Forest Gump.

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6yr ago

Troopl

Maker

Ha thanks @love_regefalk 👊 i wish where was a better answer than this — but one day sitting in the bootcamp I just thought to myself it’d be fun (and ridiculous) to make Forrest Gump run across. Most of my ideas appear magically this way.

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6yr ago