Twitter API in ActionScript

I noticed that the Twitter ActionScript API was a bit out of date to say the least. I had to update it for a small project I was playing around with. I sent a note to al3x about this, and suggested open sourcing the API. He agreed and so here it is.
It needs a lot of work. I basically removed the old authentication scheme, since it relied on setting the Authorization HTTP header and that is no longer allowed starting in Flash Player 9.0.115. This also let me remove a dependency on a third party base 64 encoder. I guess a base64 encoded string that includes your username and password is supposed to be secure :-) I also fixed the loadFriends method, as this now returns users not status messages. I will get the API up to date, but if anyone wants to help out then just send me a note.

Open Source Twitter

Dave Winer wonders about creating an open source Twitter. I've done some musings previously on the mechanics of Twitter. In short it would be interesting to create a Twitter. I'm not sure if Dave is thinking mostly of Twitter clients into the existing network, or sub-nets that may or may not converse with the existing network. Twitter is done again this morning. I'm not sure if that indicates the challenges in creating such a scalable network or in the current implementation of it.