A tweet, as modeled in Backbone.js

gistfile1.js

    // Models
    var Tweet = Backbone.Model.extend({

        initialize: function(attrs) {

            // add in a few helper attributes
            if (attrs.text) {
                this.set({
                    html: twttr.txt.autoLink(attrs.text),
                    timestamp: Date.parse(attrs.created_at).setTimezone('GMT')
                }, {
                    silent: true
                });
            };

            // set a default view for this tweet
            this.view = new TweetView({
                model: this
            });
        },

        url: function() {
            return "http://twitter.com/" + this.get('from_user') + "/statuses/" + this.get('id');
        }

    });