Comments on: The First Law of Ambient Broadcasting (Or, Twitter) http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/ Thoughts on Web 2.0, Social Media, Marketing. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:10:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: vaspers the grate http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-29862 vaspers the grate Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:20:49 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/#comment-29862 Smoke signals, semaphores, morse code, telegraph, telephone, Pony Express, US Postal mail, email, blogs, Twitter... all were probably used narcissistically at first. all were scorned and scoffed at by business and "normals" and Luddites. The bathtub and bicycle were preached against as "sinful". As with all tools, as has been said, we must ignore what the myopic masses do with it, and figure out our own purpose for these social media, status update tools. I like Twitter for distributing insights and links. I judge other Twitterers by their tweets. All myopic drivel, I bypass them. But if they say smart things, and provide cool links, and news updates on technology, I add them as Friends to Follow. Smoke signals, semaphores, morse code, telegraph, telephone, Pony Express, US Postal mail, email, blogs, Twitter…

all were probably used narcissistically at first.

all were scorned and scoffed at by business and “normals” and Luddites.

The bathtub and bicycle were preached against as “sinful”.

As with all tools, as has been said, we must ignore what the myopic masses do with it, and figure out our own purpose for these social media, status update tools.

I like Twitter for distributing insights and links. I judge other Twitterers by their tweets. All myopic drivel, I bypass them. But if they say smart things, and provide cool links, and news updates on technology, I add them as Friends to Follow.

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(Seth FinkELstein)

By the way, oldtimes (in a Net sense) will remember “JenniCam”. Who spawned imitators and a cam-fad.

Everything old is new again …

]]> By: Chris Yeh http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-29221 Chris Yeh Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:49:25 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/#comment-29221 Tony, I totally agree that who is Twittering/Ustreaming matters. It's like my RSS habits--there are people to whom I subscribe because I want to see everything they put out. Then there's my doggdot.us subscription, which helps me discover what's new and interesting. Tony,

I totally agree that who is Twittering/Ustreaming matters. It’s like my RSS habits–there are people to whom I subscribe because I want to see everything they put out. Then there’s my doggdot.us subscription, which helps me discover what’s new and interesting.

]]> By: Jesse http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-29118 Jesse Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:01:43 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/#comment-29118 Well, Let's not forget that Ustream can stream other useful content such as concerts, church services, seminars, live Talk Shows, etc. It does not necessarily have to be so narcissistic.. Well,

Let’s not forget that Ustream can stream other useful content such as concerts, church services, seminars, live Talk Shows, etc.

It does not necessarily have to be so narcissistic..

]]> By: Narcissystem: It’s Cool, But Too Much » Webomatica - tech, movies, music blog http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-29113 Narcissystem: It’s Cool, But Too Much » Webomatica - tech, movies, music blog Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:38:23 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/#comment-29113 [...] to news reporting, like say, by the “common folk” for breaking, current events. Tony Hung has a really good breakdown of how a technology like Twitter can be useful in certain situations and [...] [...] to news reporting, like say, by the “common folk” for breaking, current events. Tony Hung has a really good breakdown of how a technology like Twitter can be useful in certain situations and [...]

]]> By: Tony http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-29094 Tony Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:30:24 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/#comment-29094 Chris, I suspect you're right about the evolution of "meta" tools for real-time bookmarking and tagging; on the other hand, I still stand by my belief that who is Twittering (or streaming) is almost as important as what they're saying, and as such, may decrease the importance of such tools, despite their historic (and intuitive) use. Cheers t @ dji Chris,

I suspect you’re right about the evolution of “meta” tools for real-time bookmarking and tagging; on the other hand, I still stand by my belief that who is Twittering (or streaming) is almost as important as what they’re saying, and as such, may decrease the importance of such tools, despite their historic (and intuitive) use.

Cheers
t @ dji

]]> By: Chris Yeh http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-29064 Chris Yeh Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:49:09 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2007/04/15/the-first-law-of-ambient-broadcasting-or-twitter/#comment-29064 Tony, As one of the investors in Ustream, one problem that I know needs to be solved is the issue of real-time discovery. Back in the early days of the Web, people asked, "How do we separate the wheat from the chaff?" And lo and behold, eventually Google helped us solve that problem. Back in the early days of blogging, people asked, "How do we separate the wheat from the chaff?" And lo and behold, Digg, TechMeme, and del.icio.us helped us solve the problem. Today, the problem of real-time discovery is again causing people to ask, "How do we separate the wheat from the chaff?" I don't know exactly what the answer is, but I suspect that some combination of real-time bookmarking/tagging and real-time notification will arise to solve the problem. Tony,

As one of the investors in Ustream, one problem that I know needs to be solved is the issue of real-time discovery.

Back in the early days of the Web, people asked, “How do we separate the wheat from the chaff?” And lo and behold, eventually Google helped us solve that problem.

Back in the early days of blogging, people asked, “How do we separate the wheat from the chaff?” And lo and behold, Digg, TechMeme, and del.icio.us helped us solve the problem.

Today, the problem of real-time discovery is again causing people to ask, “How do we separate the wheat from the chaff?” I don’t know exactly what the answer is, but I suspect that some combination of real-time bookmarking/tagging and real-time notification will arise to solve the problem.

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