Twitter as a Universal Information Stream

Twitter as the universal information stream Richard Dale twitter.com/rdale Social Media Jungle, Boston Social Media Jungle Boston March 10, 2009

An unconventional look at unexpected uses of a new technology hl Disclaimer: All these are personal opinions and not those of any other person or entity.

Anyone can put information in the stream, y p anyone can take information out of the stream,

Anyone can put information in the stream, y p anyone can take information out of the stream, a d e e yo e o s e e t e st ea s and everyone knows where the stream is.

We have lots of ways to keep track ways to keep track of the stream

There is hard information on twitter already Th i h di f ti t itt ld

What if we added a flood of tiny drops of data?

Traffic flow status, from every sensor, on every block, every minute sensor, on every block, every minute What if we added a flood of tiny drops of data?

Traffic flow status, from every sensor, on every block, every minute sensor, on every block, every minute What if we added a flood of tiny drops of data? Location (zip code) and product purchased each time someone buys hd h ti b something from a soda machine

I don t want to follow all this boring I don’t want to “follow” all this boring automatic data… But I do want to aggregate or drill down to the But I do want to aggregate or drill down to the data that is meaningful for me … mashing it up using filters, counters, spreadsheets and maps. using filters counters spreadsheets and maps

What if every prescription was posted anonymously by d lb the pharmacy network (just zipcode, medicine and dose)? id di i d d )?

What if these devices twittered, telling your friends what you are watching, and perhaps telling the world (anonymously, in aggregate) what everyone is watching.

And what about at checkout… checkout…

Or at home, reporting power usage with “Tweet‐a‐Watt” Tweet a Watt

But, … aren’t these all a little artificial for Twitter? f

NO … because Twitter is an information stream.

Twitter is already being used for automated broadcast of information, and for automated reading/searching… g/ g

Because with Twitter, anyone can put information in the stream, anyone can take information out of the stream, and , everyone knows where the stream is.

So let’s put ALL THE DATA into Twitter, because then we know where it is. And with the right search tools, I can find g just the data I want, all in one place

Perhaps I will extract Perhaps I will extract data on weather and prescriptions from i ti f across the country…

… or data on sales of soda or data on sales of soda and chips just in my zip code

Yes, Twitter is Social Media It is also Universal Media A Universal Information Stream

What data stream can you imagine on twitter? you imagine on twitter?

Please feel free to contact me Richard Dale richard@sigmapartners.com hd www.sigmapartners.com twitter.com/rdale venturecyclist.blogspot.com li bl

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