It appears I jumped the gun some time ago with my post twitter is on the verge of eating Google for breakfast, here’s why. Google is well aware of it’s “breakfast” and is more than likely to make a YouTube like deal with twitter. Google is actively tweeting with it’s account, “acknowledging” the service (Oprah’s tweeting why not). Here are just a few reasons why it’s a match made in heaven: (more…)
The utility of twitter as a profit engine has been a growing concern for Evan Williams. Other social services are quickly adapting to the popularity of microblogging within their own social media structures (Facebook, FriendFeed). While I have posted on the potential of twitter before, the real value is in the datamining application of microblogging. (more…)
Mr. Robert Scoble, known to many in the online community as the Scobleizer, is one of the trailblazers in a new field I like to call Virtual Omniscience. He’s bascially monitoring the pulse of the world via the internet, or at least a sizeable slice of human experience. By applying twitter and friend feed with his personal dynamic quality filters he keeps pace with what’s happening and is connecting with an interested audience of thousands of individuals. I can only imagine the tools we’ll have at our finger tips 10 years from now thanks to he and his colleagues’ trendsetting. (more…)
The web landscape is constantly changing, and with it our navigation tools are advancing. To support the hypothesis it’s important that we first review a brief history of the internet. Initial communication networks were hubs set up with mainframes controlling information and terminals allowing access to that information. Separate localized computer networks developed and finally adopted a common network protocol merging information flow into what is now known as the Internet (From wikipedia) . (more…)
My first instinct, and I’m sure I’m not alone in this, was the childlike king of the mountain rush to get as many followers and popularity as I could. It was only for a moment before I abandoned this path (mostly), before I thought about what I would do even if I could gain an instant of interest from the entire community.
After several hours of using twitter, specifically my web browser and TweetDeck, I’ve been getting a feel for the type of information flow available. It all comes down to the type of people you follow and the tools you use to sift through the data. If you follow intelligent, insightful individuals/companies you are likely to get introduced to some fantastic web content that you may have missed from other paths. The feel of twitter is a mashup of instant messenger (but on a slower time scale) with status updates (Facebook) and a human powered web catalog (much like Digg, Stumble Upon, Reddit, etc). It’s easy to follow suggested links and quickly lose track of time as you continually discover fascinating new perspectives and stories about the world we live in, and fantasies of what it may be. (more…)