Can I create a reader of my twitter / facebook posts?

[Ron Guilmet]

I want to create a visual basic program that displays my twitter and facebook posts.

If someone could point me in the right direction. I'm lost. I've tried rss, but doesn't work

[Furstnae Listnae]

Twitter and Facebook both using the open graph authentication system, which allows you to authorize your program to view your data from your account, and then retrieving using URL's. See:
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Getting-Started
http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth-FAQ
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph

You can setup your "application" (required for any use of opengraph) for facebook at http://www.facebook.com/developers

Good luck. It can be a challenge to get started with.