Comments on: With Twitter, a Desperate Need for Context http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The Real-time Web: Sifting Required – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-985477 The Real-time Web: Sifting Required – GigaOM Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:25:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-985477 <p>[...] last week, this influx of status updates often results in a series of disjointed conversations that lack context, making it hard to piece together and decipher what it all [...]</p> [...] last week, this influx of status updates often results in a series of disjointed conversations that lack context, making it hard to piece together and decipher what it all [...]

]]> By: The Evolution of Blogging [Om Malik] « an truong le http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-978501 The Evolution of Blogging [Om Malik] « an truong le Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:25:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-978501 <p>[...] terrorist attacks, I wrote about Twitter’s growing influence as a source of breaking news and how, in order to make sense of it all, we need more context. The best place to provide that context is now in blogs. To be sure, most people view Twitter as a [...]</p> [...] terrorist attacks, I wrote about Twitter’s growing influence as a source of breaking news and how, in order to make sense of it all, we need more context. The best place to provide that context is now in blogs. To be sure, most people view Twitter as a [...]

]]> By: How Will Twitoaster Stack Up? http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-971163 How Will Twitoaster Stack Up? Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:46:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-971163 <p>[...] September 1, 2009 | 3:45 PM PT | 0 comments We’ve written extensively about how tweets seriously lack context, due, at least in part, to the inherently disjointed nature of the Twitter network. To read a [...]</p> [...] September 1, 2009 | 3:45 PM PT | 0 comments We’ve written extensively about how tweets seriously lack context, due, at least in part, to the inherently disjointed nature of the Twitter network. To read a [...]

]]> By: Twitter Wants to Capture LBS Mojo http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-968971 Twitter Wants to Capture LBS Mojo Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:41:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-968971 <p>[...] By Jennifer Martinez | Thursday, August 20, 2009 | 5:40 PM PT | 0 comments Twitter plans to launch a location-based feature that reveals the latitude and longitude from which an individual is tweeting, co-founder Biz Stone revealed in a blog post today, signaling that the micromessaging site wants to hop onto the hot location-based services trend (a topic that will be featured at our upcoming Mobilize 09 conference) under way. Twitter users are currently able to read tweets from people they’re following on the site, but the new, opt-in LBS feature will enable the reading of tweets based on location. It will allow Twitter users a way to connect on a local level, offering up an additional layer of desperately needed context. [...]</p> [...] By Jennifer Martinez | Thursday, August 20, 2009 | 5:40 PM PT | 0 comments Twitter plans to launch a location-based feature that reveals the latitude and longitude from which an individual is tweeting, co-founder Biz Stone revealed in a blog post today, signaling that the micromessaging site wants to hop onto the hot location-based services trend (a topic that will be featured at our upcoming Mobilize 09 conference) under way. Twitter users are currently able to read tweets from people they’re following on the site, but the new, opt-in LBS feature will enable the reading of tweets based on location. It will allow Twitter users a way to connect on a local level, offering up an additional layer of desperately needed context. [...]

]]> By: Three Years & Counting… http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-952465 Three Years & Counting… Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:34:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-952465 <p>[...] and discovery of content on the Internet have changed. But as I’ve written in the past, there is also a desperate need for context. It’s made me think and rethink the value of not just our blog but blogging in general. Over [...]</p> [...] and discovery of content on the Internet have changed. But as I’ve written in the past, there is also a desperate need for context. It’s made me think and rethink the value of not just our blog but blogging in general. Over [...]

]]> By: Francis Durman http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-946344 Francis Durman Sun, 24 May 2009 16:32:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-946344 <p>So, what is the business model for journalism now guys? I read that on-line news and comment is not able to compete with the mountain of same coming from bloggers, and indeed from fools like myself, with no known status other than my charm and good looks. Will poetry become a power in the land I wonder, and can you sell it!</p> So, what is the business model for journalism now guys? I read that on-line news and comment is not able to compete with the mountain of same coming from bloggers, and indeed from fools like myself, with no known status other than my charm and good looks. Will poetry become a power in the land I wonder, and can you sell it!

]]> By: Overstream.net Blog » Blog Archive » Gaza, Oakland and citizen journalism http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-941717 Overstream.net Blog » Blog Archive » Gaza, Oakland and citizen journalism Sat, 02 May 2009 19:45:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-941717 <p>[...] And as that happens, the traditional media should, in parallel, work hard to add value, in the form of deeper context and analysis, as close to real-time developments as possible. As Om Malik put it: [...]</p> [...] And as that happens, the traditional media should, in parallel, work hard to add value, in the form of deeper context and analysis, as close to real-time developments as possible. As Om Malik put it: [...]

]]> By: The Words Twitter And Efficiency Used Together? « Geeks Guide To Productivity http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-928131 The Words Twitter And Efficiency Used Together? « Geeks Guide To Productivity Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:02:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-928131 <p>[...] Also i find Tweedeck a supercool manager of the Twitter internet drivel, I use it to screen out the dullards and stay focused on the content I really want to pay attention to. [...]</p> [...] Also i find Tweedeck a supercool manager of the Twitter internet drivel, I use it to screen out the dullards and stay focused on the content I really want to pay attention to. [...]

]]> By: Top5 : Most annoying discussions | Discussões mais irritantes « O Lago | The Lake http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-925143 Top5 : Most annoying discussions | Discussões mais irritantes « O Lago | The Lake Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:28:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-925143 <p>[...] or local media knew or could react, even half world away. So this is the nature of Twitter: a powerful broadcasting and crowdsourcing tool. Well played it can be used to get and deliver  information. Of course, just [...]</p> [...] or local media knew or could react, even half world away. So this is the nature of Twitter: a powerful broadcasting and crowdsourcing tool. Well played it can be used to get and deliver  information. Of course, just [...]

]]> By: A Brief History of Twitter | The Click http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-924366 A Brief History of Twitter | The Click Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:36:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-924366 <p>[...] of everyone from from tech mommies to cable news networks, sports stars and Hollywood stars. It has become a source of breaking news and rumors. It is the new pulsating heart of the real-time Internet. It was born at a time when Odeo was [...]</p> [...] of everyone from from tech mommies to cable news networks, sports stars and Hollywood stars. It has become a source of breaking news and rumors. It is the new pulsating heart of the real-time Internet. It was born at a time when Odeo was [...]

]]> By: A Brief History of Twitter http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-924126 A Brief History of Twitter Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:37:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-924126 <p>[...] of everyone from from tech mommies to cable news networks, sports stars and Hollywood stars. It has become a source of breaking news and rumors. It is the new pulsating heart of the real time Internet. It was born at a time when Odeo was [...]</p> [...] of everyone from from tech mommies to cable news networks, sports stars and Hollywood stars. It has become a source of breaking news and rumors. It is the new pulsating heart of the real time Internet. It was born at a time when Odeo was [...]

]]> By: December 2008’s most-clicked link-list posts: twitter, context, CNN’s wire service, Lauren Rich Fine’s report - Joe Murphy http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-921655 December 2008’s most-clicked link-list posts: twitter, context, CNN’s wire service, Lauren Rich Fine’s report - Joe Murphy Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:19:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-921655 <p>[...] With Twitter, a desperate need for context: “And that’s when I realized that the future of media is being split into two streams: one that consists of raw news that comes like a torrent from sources such as Twitter, mobile messages and photos, the other, from old media. The eyewitness dispatches (and photos) via social media are an adjunct to the more established media — which needs to focus on providing analysis, context, and crucially, intelligence — in real time. And yet it is old media — and their next-generation counterparts, the blogs and other Internet outlets — that will have to adapt to this. Of course, the biggest adaption will need to come from the public, those of us who aren’t there ourselves.” [...]</p> [...] With Twitter, a desperate need for context: “And that’s when I realized that the future of media is being split into two streams: one that consists of raw news that comes like a torrent from sources such as Twitter, mobile messages and photos, the other, from old media. The eyewitness dispatches (and photos) via social media are an adjunct to the more established media — which needs to focus on providing analysis, context, and crucially, intelligence — in real time. And yet it is old media — and their next-generation counterparts, the blogs and other Internet outlets — that will have to adapt to this. Of course, the biggest adaption will need to come from the public, those of us who aren’t there ourselves.” [...]

]]> By: Twitter and the lack of context « Direct Marketing Observations http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-921177 Twitter and the lack of context « Direct Marketing Observations Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:25:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-921177 <p>[...] Context is a fickle thing. Twitter notwithstanding, in the online world, it rears it’s ugly head regularly in chat, IM, or e-mail. We are not privy to tone, inflection, or circumstance, and on Twitter this is magnified as brightly as a self serving tweet from Guy Kawasaki.  Om Malik has written that to a certain degree, Twitter only enhanced an already chaotic scene in Mumbai.  He was having difficulty assigning  proper context to the vast amount of tweets and retweets, assumptions and speculation that were coming in from Twitter. It made the situation worse for him and he wondered, how does one make sense of the torrent of information? [...]</p> [...] Context is a fickle thing. Twitter notwithstanding, in the online world, it rears it’s ugly head regularly in chat, IM, or e-mail. We are not privy to tone, inflection, or circumstance, and on Twitter this is magnified as brightly as a self serving tweet from Guy Kawasaki.  Om Malik has written that to a certain degree, Twitter only enhanced an already chaotic scene in Mumbai.  He was having difficulty assigning  proper context to the vast amount of tweets and retweets, assumptions and speculation that were coming in from Twitter. It made the situation worse for him and he wondered, how does one make sense of the torrent of information? [...]

]]> By: zaggededge http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-918404 zaggededge Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:15:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-918404 <p>My favorite way to sort out all the media overflow is tweetdeck.</p> <p>You've got your searches for your industry set up, you've got your groups of people, "VIP" "get to know these people" etc, the cloud of buzz on twitter and of course your @replies and DM's</p> <p>Really cool stuff.</p> My favorite way to sort out all the media overflow is tweetdeck.

You’ve got your searches for your industry set up, you’ve got your groups of people, “VIP” “get to know these people” etc, the cloud of buzz on twitter and of course your @replies and DM’s

Really cool stuff.

]]> By: CrisisWire, One Site with Multiple Sources Giving You Real-Time Crisis Information | StartupSD http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-918221 CrisisWire, One Site with Multiple Sources Giving You Real-Time Crisis Information | StartupSD Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:15:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-918221 <p>[...] to long ago, Om Malik wrote a timely piece on real-time publishing via sites like Twitter and the desperate need for context. He posits that “immediate media,” while faster than traditional media sources, is a [...]</p> [...] to long ago, Om Malik wrote a timely piece on real-time publishing via sites like Twitter and the desperate need for context. He posits that “immediate media,” while faster than traditional media sources, is a [...]

]]> By: Twitter: pour ou contre? - Transnets - Blog LeMonde.fr http://gigaom.com/2008/11/28/with-twitter-a-desperate-need-for-context/#comment-916756 Twitter: pour ou contre? - Transnets - Blog LeMonde.fr Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:25:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=30430#comment-916756 <p>[...] en provenance de Mumbai via Twitter, il fallait lutter pour obtenir le contexte de la situation.» Om Malik sur Giga [...]</p> [...] en provenance de Mumbai via Twitter, il fallait lutter pour obtenir le contexte de la situation.» Om Malik sur Giga [...]

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