Twitter and Ubiquitous Computing

by brianlash on 4/8/2008, 5:16 AM with 4 comments
  • by wallflower on 4/8/2008, 7:51 AM

    Twitter accelerates communication between the extended edge(s) of one's extended network and brings them virtually closer:

    For example, I was fascinated to follow the successful launch of Quotably.com on News.YC from the creator, Ben Tucker ((http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=144253). manvsmachine read the same post and twittered about quotably.com and brought a very positive response in <30 minutes from Robert Scoble, creating a real-time snowball effect, culminating? in a techcrunch news blip and a twitter blog entry in <24-48 hours (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/23/quotably-the-perfect-tw... , http://blog.twitter.com/2008/03/quotably-helps-you-follow-co... ). manvsmachine had been a twitter publisher only about a week prior to his quotably.com twitter.

    http://quotably.com/manvsmachine/statuses/776053962

    manvsmachine: the most useful twitter app I've seen so far... it even makes sense out of @Scoble 's feed http://quotably.com/ 15 days ago

    Scobleizer: @manvsmachine http://quotably.com rocks. Thank YOU! See, there is signal in the noise.

    I agree that it is an always-on network and it also allows mob computing, on-demand emergent and/or just-in-time networks (SxSw)

  • by on 4/8/2008, 7:31 AM

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  • by timcederman on 4/8/2008, 6:32 AM

    I can't say I ever expected those two concepts to be put together, but after reading the article I can see the connection - not sure I really agree with it though.