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

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Twitter as the universal information stream

Richard Daletwitter.com/rdale

Social Media Jungle BostonSocial Media Jungle, BostonMarch 10, 2009

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An unconventional look at unexpected uses of a 

h lnew technology

Disclaimer: All these are personal opinions and notthose of any other person or entity.

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

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

and everyone knows where the stream is.a d e e yo e o s e e t e st ea s

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

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Th i h d i f ti t itt l dThere is hard information on twitter already 

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

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Traffic flow status, from everysensor, on every block, every minutesensor, on every block, every minute

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

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Traffic flow status, from everysensor, on every block, every minutesensor, on every block, every minute

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

Location (zip code) and product h d h ti bpurchased each time someone buys 

something from a soda machine

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I don’t want to “follow” all this boringI don t want to  follow  all this boring automatic data… 

But I do want to aggregate or drill down to theBut I do want to aggregate or drill down to the data that is meaningful for me … mashing it up using filters counters spreadsheets and mapsusing filters, counters, spreadsheets and maps.

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What if every prescription d l bwas posted anonymously by 

the pharmacy network (just i d di i d d )?zipcode, medicine and dose)?

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

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And what about at checkout…checkout… 

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

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

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NO … because Twitter is an information stream.

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

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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.

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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 gjust the data I want, all in one place

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Perhaps I will extractPerhaps I will extract data on weather and 

i ti fprescriptions  from across the country…

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

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Yes, Twitter is Social Media

It is also Universal Media

A Universal Information Stream

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

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Please feel free to contact me

Richard Daleh [email protected]

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