Greetings,
Steven Johnson, a fantastic writer (opinion), has written a cover story or Time entitled "How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live". It makes for quite interesting reading. I would encourage folks to read and share observations. By the way, the description of the conference where many people in the room (and beyond) were using twitter to discuss is exactly similar to two excellent "Tech Trends" sessions I attended at ALA and PLA; the use of Twitter in these sessions completely transformed the sessions into a more participatory event.
Here is the link:
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1902604-1,00.html
Thanks,
Mike VC
2 comments:
What makes Twitter so different and exciting is that it is about what is happening right now. One can easily post question/comments during an event like a conference, author reading or even a classroom. It is a real-time shared experience with many unlike IM/chat or email (which is not real-time). One good example of Twitter power was during ER's last episode: the Tweets just kept pouring in from all over the world about the show's impact etc.
I just keep thinking of Somer's experience at TLA when she lost her phone. Thanks to Twitter (and resourceful librarians), she got it back!
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