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Iran Fights For Freedom
Here is a short selection of Twitter messages about the situation in Iran at this time: TehranBureau : People reportedly attacking police near Laleh Park and pushing them back, first injury transferred to Khomeini Hospital near the clashes Mirriaam : they beat & arrest every one with green wristbands or cloth iranpirooz : I saw a very elderly man crying for victory and freedom in kargar street Tehran TehranBureau : From Tehran: they’re killing people here iranpirooz : Near … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iran, War on Terror
Media and Mumbai
The deputy commissioner of police argued that the terrorists, who were holed up in two major hotels and became involved in floor-by-floor firefights with police, were gaining tactical information from TV. Using powers under Section 19 of the country’s Cable Television Networks Act, he ordered a blackout of TV news channels. “Transmission of various clippings/live relay/coverage of the actions being taken by the police against the terrorists in South Mumbai is causing impediment in the police action … thereby endangering the lives of the police personnel as also of the hostages,†the order stated. Cable and satellite channels went off air for nearly half an hour before the order was rescinded. Media chiefs present at a meeting between the MIB, the Indian Broadcasting Federation and News Broadcasting Assn. hit back by accusing the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Media, Old Media, Television, War on Terror
Kodak Continues With Social Media
Kodak, devoted to the digital future, has a new Twitter feed. Take a look at @kodakidigprint. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Tech
The E-Mail Trap
A Twitter friend, @marismith, has just returned from a long vacation RVing across Alaska and the Canadian west. She discovered 1200 e-mails waiting for her. I got thinking about that number. In the old days, a couple of years ago, we would have been talking about phone messages. 1200 messages? Nope, no way. People would call and realize that you were not home and either leave a message or wait until you got back. She was gone four to six weeks. Being a bright and educated user of the Internet, I’m sure she had her e-mail set to reply an “out of office” message. Without knowing a thing about her situation, my guess was that she had a lot of spam. With the best filter, I still get 6-8 spam e-mails a day. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commentary, Original writing
Palins Speech From Her Foes
A collection of remarks on Twitter from right after her speech. Little known fact: Sarah Palin is weak sauce indeed. All she did was regurgitate std GOP blather. Not a single new idea in the whole speech. i dont like sarah palin. she has no more experience than obama, and she would suck as prez, which she will be cause mccain’s gonna die soon. Initial reactions to Sarah Palin’s speech: this woman’s bitterness and her scowl indicates, I think, that she has never had an orgasm Bottom line: I do not want to live in Sarah Palin’s America. That’s… if you write fan fiction, please write me some of that. I’d love to read Sarah Palin/Cindy McCain femslash. 1st impression of Sarah Palin is that’s she’s a prime bitch. Good thing I had no plans to … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Executive Branch, Politics
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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 »
Filed under: Commentary, Original writing, Tech