Install $ sudo gem install twitter note: the twitter gem now works with hpricot 0.5+ API Wrapping I do my best to keep it easy to use. Below are some code samples showing a few of the methods. twit = twit twit.update('watching veronica mars') puts "Public Timeline", "=" * 50 twit.timeline(:public).each do |s| puts s.text, s.user.name puts end puts '', "Friends Timeline", "=" * 50 twit.timelin