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  Posted by Tom on Jan 29, 2010 with 0 comments Permalink | Reply
  Tags: broadcast, geoComputing (2), geolocation (6), twitter (53)

  Geo-Twitter. Twitter is trying to boost usage by offering “local trends”–lists of tweets bearing popular keywords grouped by region. Initially (by the end of this week) it will consist of “six countries (the United States, Canada, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, and the U.K.) and 15 cities (13 U.S. cities plus Sao Paulo and London).” Last fall Twitter also acquired a company called GeoAPI that helps developers make effective use of geographic information (http://www.geoapi.com/). See http://tr.im/M2sB

   

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  Posted by Tom on Jan 18, 2010 with 0 comments Permalink | Reply
  Tags: broadcast, CMC (5), crisisResponse (3), developingCountries (191), haiti (6), twitter (53)

  Twitter Hashtag syntax for Haiti crisis. This interesting project by Leysia Palen and colleagues involves constructing (and disseminating) a hashtag syntax “to help direct Twitter communications for more efficient data extraction for those communicating about the Haiti earthquake disaster. Use only requires modifications of Tweet messages to make information pieces that refer to #location, #status, #needs, #damage and several other elements of emergency communications more machine readable. This allows for easier automated collation by any number of groups and good samaritans from any number of sources. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD!!!”.

  See http://epic.cs.colorado.edu/helping_haiti_tweak_the_twe.html

   
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  Posted by Tom on Jul 9, 2009 with 0 comments Permalink | Reply
  Tags: broadcast, sensors (7), smartBuildings (5), smartCities (38), smartHome

  The house that tweets. A video about an interesting little experiment by IBMer Andy Stanford-Clark who has a large array of home sensors — lights on/off, power use, water use, mousetrap set off — broadcasting their status on Twitter. Video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8113914.stm (thanks to Melissa Cefkin for the pointer).
  Also see: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/how-to-automate-any-house-with-twitter.php?dcitc=th_rss_science

   
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  Posted by Tom on Jun 5, 2009 with 0 comments Permalink | Reply
  Tags: broadcast, CMC (5), conversation (2), twitter (53)

  An interesting analysis of Twitter by Howard Rheingold: http://bit.ly/XMvTs