Looking at the trending topics on Twitter once a day (excluding the promoted on at the top), and looking at tweets on my homepage to see how many times each topic occurs in the past 3 hours. My trends are set to Minneapolis.
Also, Look at the "Trending Now" on Yahoo once a day and record how many of those topics I have thought about that day.
Day 1
Twitter #TT:#yeenboutthatlife -- 0
#YouOuttaLine -- 0
#GetOutMyFace -- 0
Happy First Day of Spring -- 0
Brad Radke -- 2 (Answer to a trivia question posed by @twins)
The Brick -- 0
Hines Ward -- 5 (Just retired)
Jane's Addiction -- 0
Bringing Down The House -- 0
--The only two topics that showed up on my Twitter were sports related
Yahoo "Trending Now":
Kirk Cameron -- No
Tebow trade rumors -- Yes (Manning signed w/Broncos, what to do with Tebow?)
Beyonce -- No
Kate Hudson -- No
Mutual Funds -- No
Gwyneth Paltrow -- No
Rihanna tattoo -- No
Obesity -- No
King of Tonga dies -- No
Spring equinox -- Yes (Obvious. First day of spring)
--One sports, one weather
Day 2
Twitter #TT:#Igailaali -- 0
Sean Payton -- 14 Coach of New Orleans Saints, suspended for 1 year)
#LateNightReminiscing -- 0
Tebow to the Jets -- 15 (Tim Tebow traded to Jets after Broncos sign Manning)
#PeopleNeedToStop -- 0
Roger Goodell -- 2 (NFL Commissioner who handed down Payton suspension)
Glencoe -- 3 (small plane crashed near Glencoe, MN)
S Club 7 -- 0
Sanchez -- 2 (Current Jets QB, impacted by team trading for Tebow)
--Three sports-related, one a product of TT set to Minneapolis
Yahoo "Trending Now":
Hugh Hefner's son -- No
Zsa Zsa Babor's daughter -- No
Adriana Lima -- No
R. Kelly -- No
Aspirin -- No
Beyonce -- No
Katniss Everdeen -- No
Harry Potter station -- No
Mexico earthquake -- No
U.S. stocks -- No
Day 3
Twitter #TT:#webchallenge -- 0
#ButYouAThug -- 0
#Gen44 -- 0
Dick Cheney -- 1
The Hunger Games -- 2
Maine -- 0
Ohio State -- 3
Washburn -- 0
Lakeville North -- 0
Yahoo "Trending Now":
Miley Cyrus -- No
Mark Wahlberg -- No
QB Josh Johnson -- No
Tim Tebow -- Yes
Affordable Care Act -- No
Kim Kardashian -- No
Anna Faris -- No
October Baby -- No
Investment Banking -- No
Louisiana primary -- Yes
Day 4
Twitter #TT:#webchallenge -- 0
#ButYouAThug -- 0
#AintNothingLike -- 0
Dick Cheney -- 1
MOA -- 0
Mad Men -- 1
Damn Baylor -- 0
Perry Jones -- 0
Anthony Davis -- 0
Kyle Wiltjer -- 0
Yahoo "Trending Now":
Aretha Franklin -- No
Reese Witherspoon -- No
Battle Royale -- No
Andrew Luck -- No
Diabetes -- No
Gwyneth Paltrow -- No
Gas Prices -- Yes
Pope Benedict XVI -- No
Brittney Griner -- No
Tax tips -- No
Day 5
Twitter #TT:#ExcusesToDrink -- 0
#TellAllYourFriends -- 0
#BelieveItOrNot -- 0
Mad Men -- 1
Fulham -- 0
Boyfriend is PERFECT -- 0
Old Trafford -- 0
Parcells -- 1
Man U -- 0
Yahoo "Trending Now":
Miley Cyrus -- No
Roy Williams -- No
Kim Kardashian -- No
Renee Graziano -- No
Kobe Bryant benched -- No
Jennifer Lawrence -- No
Bill Parcells Saints -- Yes
Health care -- Yes
Dow Jones -- No
Gas prices -- No
