http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/31/following-quake-news/ Same old blog, brand new place Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:29:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/31/following-quake-news/comment-page-1/#comment-4158 Doc Searls Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:34:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/31/following-quake-news/#comment-4158 Thanks, Aaron. BTW, much as I like Twitter, i think I'm barely beginning to understand what it's prototyping. One thing is the future of news. Kinda huge, methinks. Thanks, Aaron. BTW, much as I like Twitter, i think I’m barely beginning to understand what it’s prototyping. One thing is the future of news. Kinda huge, methinks.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/31/following-quake-news/comment-page-1/#comment-4154 Aaron Strout Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:10:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/31/following-quake-news/#comment-4154 Doc - great post. I too was watching this news story break on Twitter last night as dozens of west coasters reported the tremors real time. I know this has already been addressed ad naseum in the press and blogosphere but Twitter's ability to deliver eyewitness updates as a news source is really quite amazing. Watching it happen for the first time was an awesome (in the traditional sense of the word) experience. Doc – great post. I too was watching this news story break on Twitter last night as dozens of west coasters reported the tremors real time. I know this has already been addressed ad naseum in the press and blogosphere but Twitter’s ability to deliver eyewitness updates as a news source is really quite amazing. Watching it happen for the first time was an awesome (in the traditional sense of the word) experience.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/31/following-quake-news/comment-page-1/#comment-4150 odd time signatures » Blog Archive » Earthquakes, Wildfires and Hashtags Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:55:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/31/following-quake-news/#comment-4150 [...] but medium-sized earthquake up North.  I didn’t have Twitter open this evening but Doc Searls’ post about it popped up in my feed reader about 10:00 pm or so.  Doc links to Chris Messina’s [...] [...] but medium-sized earthquake up North.  I didn’t have Twitter open this evening but Doc Searls’ post about it popped up in my feed reader about 10:00 pm or so.  Doc links to Chris Messina’s [...]

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