Brij's One More Idea » Twitter Email http://www.onemoreidea.org Brij Singh's weblog about entrepreneurship Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:07:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Sharing recent tweets with blog readers. http://www.onemoreidea.org/sharing-recent-tweets-with-blog-readers-would-appreciate-feedback-on-tweet-blogging-flow-versus/ http://www.onemoreidea.org/sharing-recent-tweets-with-blog-readers-would-appreciate-feedback-on-tweet-blogging-flow-versus/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:06:24 +0000 Brij http://www.onemoreidea.org/sharing-recent-tweets-with-blog-readers-would-appreciate-feedback-on-tweet-blogging-flow-versus/ Would appreciate feedback on tweet blogging (flow versus sidebar).

 Last 10 tweets from @brij

 Retweet: @stevebaker Tim Berners-Lee: “You can look at a blog, but what’s impacting the world is the blogosphere.” at 06/18/2008 09:47 PM

 [PHOTO] One rape every 29 minutes. Shame India! Watching news at Indian restaurant in Cupertino.
http://messagedance.com/message/show/ad5866ab145a91dcc01b523464b54c72 at 06/18/2008 08:22 PM

 Child abduction drill, reporting live from the streets of Wellesley, MA http://www.messagedance.com/WPDPhoto at 06/18/2008 07:43 PM

 [BLOG POST] Reddit goes open source with CPAL license, probably caused major LOL in Diggnation Reddit is releasin
http://www.onemoreidea.org/reddit-goes-open-source-with-cpal-license-probably-ca… at 06/18/2008 07:33 PM

 1and1 customer support emails can put Colbert show to shame. Time to move on. I had to chase down their CS head on LinkedIn at 06/18/2008 05:33 PM

 RBS - all chickens come home to roost! [u]
http://messagedance.com/message/show/262d76d580ccf3f0458e7a88e6975832 at 06/18/2008 04:17 PM

 [PHOTO] Type in about:robots in FF3 to see this - thanks @danishkhan
http://messagedance.com/message/show/292854f0c22533033b5cebbc490a8f90 at 06/18/2008 05:44 AM

 What is common between Daily Kos, MichelleMalkin, BetaNews, HotAir etc? - Bipartisan willingness to AP-ee at 06/18/2008 05:24 AM

 for events like this, media units should have dress code as well http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7460005.stm at 06/18/2008 05:21 AM

  @danishkhan better luck next year. I can feel your pain #LakersFor2009 at 06/18/2008 04:32 AM

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]]> http://www.onemoreidea.org/sharing-recent-tweets-with-blog-readers-would-appreciate-feedback-on-tweet-blogging-flow-versus/feed/ Breaking news using Twitter. From Reuters to Reuwitters. http://www.onemoreidea.org/breaking-news-using-twitter-from-reuters-to-reuwitters/ http://www.onemoreidea.org/breaking-news-using-twitter-from-reuters-to-reuwitters/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 23:45:36 +0000 Brij http://www.onemoreidea.org/breaking-news-using-twitter-from-reuters-to-reuwitters/

Still remember the day when I was telling folks how Twitter will one day do the job of Reuters. Looks like we are getting closer to that possibility. Adam Pasick, not surprisingly on Reuter blog,  is using this little incident to illustrate how Twitter is now the starting point for lot of breaking news:


At about 1:37 pm, software developer Dave Winer asked the Twitterverse: “Explosion in Falls Church, VA?” (Perhaps not coincidentally, Winer is a well-known blogger and podcasting evangelist). A flurry of posts, or “tweets,” followed, as users reported rumbles as far away as Alexandria.

The mainstream media entered the fray at 2:33 pm, with radio station WTOP reporting ground rumblings throughout Northern Virginia, citing a possible earthquake. Officials also told the radio station that the rumblings were part of construction blasts at nearby Ft. Belvoir, which had been scheduled for later in the afternoon as part of a new building for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.

Twitter users continued to pile on, pointing out data from the Maryland Geological Survey and adding their own commentary. Twitterer DataG wrote: “After the ‘Falls Church explosion’ event that was covered on Twitter, I saw the value in having a Twitter account at-the-ready.”

To me this is just the beginning. Real big deal is in tying this 140-character  breaking news tweet into self-correcting, self-propagating news channel.

Think about all the nice little tools developed around Twitter ecosystem (including MessageDance :) ). What if some of those tools collaborate on news alert, news validation, correction, updates, orchestration with organizations impacted by this news etc. It's not that difficult to build as most of the pieces are already in place. For the first time we have a real possibility of truly open newswire, which can be automated to a great extent and which can leverage plenty of crowdsourcing tools available out there.

For example in Adam's example, there can be tools which can periodically scan Twitter feeds to automatically figure out what kind of explosion this was? If oil tanker exploded then send alerts to Oil hazard related agencies so and so forth.

Possibilities!

Update: It’s a sad day as thousands of people are dead in huge Earthquake in China. My condolences to those affected by this natural tragedy. There is not much we can do in the face of natural disasters. Technology can help in recovery process. That’s where I believe Twitter has a big role to play. Since I made this post, few people complained that Twitter is all hype and can never be a serious news breaking platform. This tragic incidence proves that Twitter can be used an universal helpline.

Scoble and Danny Sullivan both cover this development and have verified that Twitter was indeed used as a primary news distribution outlet for this tragic news. If lives can be repaired with one extra tool then let’s help spread that idea. Scoble did an outstanding job in tirelessly evangelizing this.

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]]> http://www.onemoreidea.org/breaking-news-using-twitter-from-reuters-to-reuwitters/feed/ Google Reader gets into anywhere to anywhere sharing. http://www.onemoreidea.org/google-reader-gets-into-anywhere-to-anywhere-sharing/ http://www.onemoreidea.org/google-reader-gets-into-anywhere-to-anywhere-sharing/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 02:11:21 +0000 Brij http://www.onemoreidea.org/google-reader-gets-into-anywhere-to-anywhere-sharing/ By now every serious social media industry participant must have read Clay Shirky's brilliant essay. Delivered at Web 2.0 conference in Stanford, he wonderfully articulated the new media world we live in -

.. people in the media world don't understand. Media in the 20th century was run as a single race–consumption. How much can we produce? How much can you consume? Can we produce more and you'll consume more? And the answer to that question has generally been yes. But media is actually a triathlon, it 's three different events. People like to consume, but they also like to produce, and they like to share.

Media is now triathlon. People are  going beyond just consumption process. They are actively producing and sharing content. Infact lot of production is nothing but sharing in new context and in new format. That's why sharing is a huge deal. That's why sharing tools will be extremely important in growing digital media. I use Google Reader for sharing RSS feeds. Its super fast and ease of sharing is outstanding.

Today Google Reader team announced new features in their popular feed reader. Share and Email feature was already there, they expanded sharing option to include notes and now allowing any arbitrary webpage to be shared using Google. Sort of like mashup of Clipmarks and Feed reader. Though I am chuckling at the title of Jenna's post - "Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere". I doubt anywhere is fully convincing at this stage. Real anywhere will mean I can share anywhere, most importantly out of Google Reader. For example my notes should show up in Twitter, with tinyurl pointing back to Google Reader shared page. I am chuckling because MessageDance just rolled out new home page with Anywhere to Anywhere sharing promise.

Recently we spend lot of time around Google Reader. MessageDance lets Google Reader users blog their feeds, which in subsequent downstream distribution shows up at Facebook, Twitter and potentially any website where they have MessageDance widget. We did standard shared content transformation to suit the destination. Now sharing is a touchy topic since it includes republishing and potentially migrating conversations. We took extra care in putting reblogging credits to original authors. Publishers not only get recognition but also new traffic.

To me any tool which cuts down hassle-time is a good one to have in the toolbox. Google Reader works very well for me.

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]]> http://www.onemoreidea.org/google-reader-gets-into-anywhere-to-anywhere-sharing/feed/ How to participate in emerging cloud computing architecture? http://www.onemoreidea.org/how-to-participate-in-emerging-cloud-computing-architecture/ http://www.onemoreidea.org/how-to-participate-in-emerging-cloud-computing-architecture/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:42:49 +0000 Brij http://www.onemoreidea.org/how-to-participate-in-emerging-cloud-computing-architecture/ Cloud computing is all about shared responsibility! API based development model is declarative syntax of cooperative spirit. You share services, you share the burden of keeping alive underlying user experience as well.

Twitter ecosystem is a best example of that model and if you want to see the future of software development then just follow Twitter. Robust API, hundreds of clients, open attitude (as against open source - too many colors there!) and in general good karma. All people talk about is the lack of stability in Twitter infrastructure, but bigger story around extensive third party application support. Are we seeing next generation infrastructure in the way Twitter is evolving? Shaky, error-prone in the begining but serving the non-consumption market? Classic Christensen case study? Who knows? I like what I am seeing in Twitter ecosystem.

LiveSide’s quote by Ray Ozzie is in some ways defining Twitter’s (accidentally, I doubt they planned it) evolving messaging architecture -

“The operating system as it would be designed for today’s multi-PC, multi-device, work anywhere, web-based world. Enabling you to login using any of your service-based or enterprise identities. Deploying software automatically and as appropriate to all your devices, and roaming application data and settings. Permitting seamless access to storage across all your PCs, devices, servers and the web”

At MessageDance we are obsessed about connecting email messages with emerging cloud architecture in new ways. That includes adhoc store-and-forward transient persistence as well. For example if Twitter goes down ( they have a planned maintenance window later in the evening), you can still use Twitter from MessageDance! If you are using Twitter via MessageDance (more details here), you can configure all your tweets to be stored in MessageDance during Twitter downtime. Next time Twitter comes back online, MessageDance will publish your posts to Twitter. We restore your Twittering experience.

I believe we will see more and more of this model where all API users share the responsibility of ensuring consistent user experience across cloud. Tribler looks very interesting as a startup pursuing this vision.

]]> http://www.onemoreidea.org/how-to-participate-in-emerging-cloud-computing-architecture/feed/ Follow your passion and product will come out http://www.onemoreidea.org/follow-your-passion-and-product-will-come-out/ http://www.onemoreidea.org/follow-your-passion-and-product-will-come-out/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:17:03 +0000 Brij http://www.onemoreidea.org/follow-your-passion-and-product-will-come-out/ That’s what I noticed with our fascination with Twitter. I love that tool and every time when somebody says - “I don’t get Twitter”, I just chuckle. We announced something big today which is related to Twitter.

With MessageDance now you can send your twitter status from your existing email account. To me the right context to send out my status is when I am reading my emails. I start my day, I check my email, reply some, file some and in the same context I send my status to Twitter and Facebook. That’s how it should have been! Leveraging that context results in real time saving.

Anyways, if you are wondering why MessageDance is jumping on the hype-train then here is a broader vision which MessageDance is pursuing:

At MessageDance, we believe email is the most easy-to-use, widely-adopted and under-utilized tool for the social media engagement. Twitter support extends our lead in providing email broadcast capability to popular social media destinations. Twitter joins MessageDance email network, which includes Facebook, Myspace, Livejournal, Xanga, Wordpress, Blogger and several other social networking sites.

Head over to MessageDance if you want to see social email in action. It’s a start and there are lot of very cool features in the pipeline. If you are enjoying beta program then go for a test drive with Twitter mail. You are welcome to sign-up for beta program if you are hearing MessageDance for the first time.

[Pic courtesy Amber Mac]

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