Tag Archives: twitter

experience compression

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

Do we lose any important details as we compress experience through gadgets and social web?

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Real Time Web Woes

Posted on November 10, 2009 by

Yes, Paul Carr of TechCrunch is right in many ways… the real time web, and people powering it, can’t really handle the truth.   I’ve said in the past too.  The real time web is not going to last as a … Continue reading →

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Balloon Boy Hoax All Around

Posted on October 18, 2009 by

It wasn’t real news the other day, but it is now.  Balloon Boy – a series of hoaxes.  First the original hoax, now the authorities “misleading” the media to “keep the trust” of the Heenes.  So now how do you … Continue reading →

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Real Time Search Challenges

Posted on June 26, 2009 by

Methinks the best experience will end up combining real time search with regular web search.  Yes, it’s nice to have unfiltered immediate information in certain situations like breaking news or emergencies.  Outside of that synthesis is essential to keep the … Continue reading →

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Pandemic and Epidemic Models with Mathematica

Posted on May 6, 2009 by

In case you ever wanted to see some nice theory + simulation + visuals here’s a collection of nice Mathematica based explorations: Jeff Bryant with Ed Pegg’s code on Influenza Epidemic modeling Disease spread demonstration SARs spread demonstration/animation Oh, and … Continue reading →

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Photosharing Bubble

Posted on April 5, 2009 by

The market will not support all these photosharing sites in the long run. Here’s why: Twitter will be purchased or exclusively locked up in a strategic relationship by one of the companies that already has a photosharing set up/photo monetization … Continue reading →

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Google and Eric Schmidt on the Economy and Google Future

Posted on March 3, 2009 by

This is a pretty useful data dump from Google’s CEO Economic situation pretty dire. Combination of what we’ve seen does not appear to have a bottom. People are using the Internet more. Obviously will affect online ad market because our … Continue reading →

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The Fallacy of Twitter As Useful Thoughts (for commerce)

Posted on February 15, 2009 by

Update 2/17/09: Here’s a fun piece on CNN about MDs using Twitter from the OR. Again, this is NOT particular useful data being generated.  It is, however, an excellent BROADCAST tool.  Surgeons pushing out updates is useful to families and … Continue reading →

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