Transient v Persistent Data on @PaulDJohnston Twitter Developer Nest - April 2009

Twitter: 600+ tweets/minute Photo: flickr user @big-ashb

` Tweets are Transient Photo: flickr user Nrbelex

Tweet life ~ 5 mins (Source: fuelinteractive.com - http://is.gd/lrhc) Photo: flickr user Andreas Sueda

Photo: flickr user Eddie~S

Avatars and Usernames are Persistent

Conversation is Everything

trends

1984 Big Brother 2009 @aplusk @oprah

The Future of Apps? Photo: flickr user Great Beyond

Things to Ponder when Developing: 5 min tweet attention - transient Visualisation of retweets and Conversations - persistent More visual clients – avatars persist Better trend/data monitoring and Visualisation 40% retention rate after 1 month... newbie client needed?

Things to Ponder when Developing:

5 min tweet attention - transient

Visualisation of retweets and Conversations - persistent

More visual clients – avatars persist

Better trend/data monitoring and Visualisation

40% retention rate after 1 month... newbie client needed?

Who on Earth Am I? Paul Johnston Bio: Web Entrepreneur, Founder of Vida and Aristos Social, Social Media Consultant (with experience!), Web Business Strategist, Innovator, Techie, Geek and Christian Twitter: @PaulDJohnston Email: paul@aristossocial.com Location: Milton Keynes, UK Inside Leg Measurement: 34” Number of Dogs: 2 Favourite Colour: Orange