Better Question: Would a Social Media Revolt “Matter” If Nothing Was Remedied?

by Tony Hung on May 17, 2009

Ben Parr asks “Why Social Media Revolts Take Place”, and goes through the usual places (crib notes: they do something that seriously cheeses its users, obviously visible in hindsight).  I think the better question is “what would have happened if (…)

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Twitter As Real Time Search? Very Awesome.

by Tony Hung on May 16, 2009

Last morsel of a half baked thought: I know you know, but I wanted to write this down any way.  Twitter as a search for real time events is absolutely unparalleled. For events that are happening right now — as (…)

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WolframAlpha == The Web’s Calculator

by Tony Hung on May 16, 2009

Much like everyone else, I had a quick peek at WolframAlpha over this past weekend. My initial impressions? With its applied use of the Mathematica engine to the Web’s content and user queries, but needing a human element to gather (…)

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