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Twitter as News Media or Security Tool

December 3rd, 2008 | Comments Off

The terrorist attacks in Mumbai / Bombay last week have resulted in many mentions of Twitter in the old media, because the people on Twitter covered the attacks as no media outlet could. Dozens of people in Bombay and worldwide were watching television, listening to radio and looking out their windows and reporting what was going on. All of the news about the attacks was aggregated in one place. We saw a similar phenomenon with the most recent Los Angeles wildfire outbreak. People reported what they say on Twitter far faster than the old media could report. What makes Twitter a successful news reporting tool, or security tool? What would interfere with that process? Because of the costs to Twitter, most of the world cannot access Twitter via SMS from their cellphones. They … Read entire article »

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The Amazing Internet

June 27th, 2008 | Comments Off

In 1992, sixteen years ago, it was virtually impossible to view a picture on the Internet. Connection to the Internet was through a slow dial-up modem or, for a lucky few, through academic, governmental or business T-1 connections. Today, I can look at a photograph taken in China at the scene of a disaster within moments after it was taken. I can read first person accounts of a battle in Iraq within hours. I can exchange points of view with a Peruvian in real time, You young people, he says in a quavery old voice, don’t know how lucky you are. The Internet has made the world realtime. The potential of the Net is that everything can be witnessed, worldwide, as it happens. The only obstacle is implementation of the existing technology. CNN, Fox … Read entire article »

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