gistfile1.rb

def following(cursor = -1)
    Rails.cache.fetch("following/#{id}", :expires_in => 1.hour) do
      result = twitter_request_authenticated('get_following', {:cursor => cursor})
      followed_users = parse_body(result)['users']
      twitter_user_list = []
      followed_users.each do |user|
#       this_user = TwitterUser.new(:twitter_id => user['id'], :screen_name => user['screen_name'], :name => user['name'], :image => user['profile_image_url'], :location => user['location'])              
        this_user = {'twitter_id' => user['id'], 'screen_name' => user['screen_name'], 'name' => user['name'], 'image' => user['profile_image_url'], 'location' => user['location']}
        this_user['status'] = user['status']['text'] unless user['status'].nil?
        twitter_user_list.push this_user
      end
      twitter_user_list
    end
  end