Real time, right time – it’s all about ‘me’ – so what about Twitter?

A recent article The Future of Mobile is Right Time Experiences by Maribel Lopez got me thinking about mobile and the future of the web. It is an especially important topic to consider now that Twitter is seeking to further control and constrain the way that its users interact. A good outline of the issues at play here is Nick Bilton’s piece: For Twitter-Owned Apps … Continue reading Real time, right time – it’s all about ‘me’ – so what about Twitter?

What will change the world? Welcome to the hive mind of Twitter.

One of the things I love about Twitter is the way it enables serendipity on a grand scale.  Recently, I can’t remember how, I ran across @blogbrevity (a.k.a Angela Dunn) whose Twitter feed resonated with me and we followed each other. On June 9th she invited me to join #Ideachat – Twitter Chat & Salon for Twitter Thinkers About “Ideas”. The topic for discussion was … Continue reading What will change the world? Welcome to the hive mind of Twitter.

Twitter and the great iPhone rescue mission #140conf

You know that moment? The one where you realise you’ve left your mobile phone somewhere. It happened to me recently in New York. I was on the train to JFK airport, heading to Los Angeles, when that sinking feeling was accompanied by a vivid memory of my iPhone recharging in the hotel in midtown Manhattan. I’d been staying at the Pod Hotel in New York … Continue reading Twitter and the great iPhone rescue mission #140conf

Twitter turns 5: will it rule? via @stilgherrian

I had a chat with Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian) on ZDNet’s Patch Monday along with Open-source software advocate and developer Jeff Waugh (@jdub) and James Purser (@purserj) from Collaborynth, a consultancy that develops collaboration tools for business, government and not-for-profits. You can listen to our discussion on this nifty embedded player: http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/podcast/embed/22540003/ Continue reading Twitter turns 5: will it rule? via @stilgherrian

#c3t an Agreeable Swarm – Twitter , The Democratization of Media & Non-Localized Proximity

Here is the full text version of the paper I co-authored with Brian Ballsun-Stanton and presented at the 5th ICCIT: 2010 International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology. #c3t an Agreeable Swarm – Twitter , The Democratization of Media & Non-Localized Proximity Continue reading #c3t an Agreeable Swarm – Twitter , The Democratization of Media & Non-Localized Proximity

#c3t the Command & Control of Twitter – On a Socially Constructed Twitter & Applications of the Philosophy of Data

Here is the full text version of the paper co-authored with Brian Ballsun-Stanton and presented at the 5th ICCIT: 2010 International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology. #c3t the Command & Control of Twitter – On a Socially Constructed Twitter & Applications of the Philosophy … Continue reading #c3t the Command & Control of Twitter – On a Socially Constructed Twitter & Applications of the Philosophy of Data

Why the revolution might not be tweeted; or why Gladwell was right but for different reasons

Malcolm Gladwell obtained the ire of many social media folks when he argued Why the revolution will not be tweeted back in October 2010. I thought he was wrong then, and I still think he’s wrong in his analysis. However, in the light of two recent events I think he might actually be right in his conclusion, but for entirely different reasons. The two events … Continue reading Why the revolution might not be tweeted; or why Gladwell was right but for different reasons

#c3t The Command & Control of Twitter: on a Socially Constructed Twitter & Applications of the Philosophy of Data

My co-author, Brian Ballsun-Stanton, presented this at the 5th ICCIT: 2010 International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology in Seoul yesterday: #C3t The Command & Control of Twitter A full text pdf version of this paper can be viewed here #c3t #ICCIT_10 Continue reading #c3t The Command & Control of Twitter: on a Socially Constructed Twitter & Applications of the Philosophy of Data

#c3t An Agreeable Swarm: Twitter, the Democratization of Media & Non-localized Proximity

My co-author, Brian Ballsun-Stanton, presented this at the 5th ICCIT: 2010 International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology in Seoul earlier today: #c3t An Agreeable Swarm: Twitter, the Democratization of Media & Non-localized Proximity You can view a full text pdf version of this paper here #c3t #ICCIT_10 Continue reading #c3t An Agreeable Swarm: Twitter, the Democratization of Media & Non-localized Proximity

Public discourse and private citizens – how free is freedom of speech? #groggate

A recent disclosure that a Federal public servant has been blogging about matters political in his personal time has come to be referred amongst Australian journalists and bloggers alike as #groggate. There has been much discussion about the rights and wrongs of this unmasking of a pseudonymous blogger who had the temerity to question the efficacy of the retinue of journalists who were following the … Continue reading Public discourse and private citizens – how free is freedom of speech? #groggate