Artist: Army NavyThe Twouble with Twitter
A pretty accurate portrayal of Twitter from a preview of SuperNews! on CurrentTV. I’m guessing they got most of the dialog from actual Tweets. Sure, there’s lots of networking functionality in Twitter, but the vast majority of tweets are self-affirmation for people with nobody listening.
For those whose worlds just got crushed by this video, a word of advice: if you’re following 100,000 people, and those 100,000 people are following you back, then nobody’s actually reading what you say. Stick to your own friends and follow a few influencers.
Jonathan Jarvis: the Crisis of Credit
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo
An animator’s thesis project for the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
How the twitterverse tracked LA’s latest car chase
Whenever there’s a car chase in LA, the media is on it within minutes, cutting into broadcasts and throwing their news choppers in the air to record every exciting second. It’s sad really, but we’d be hypocrites to throw so much blame on the media over this obsession when we see commoners do much the same when given the chance… on Twitter.
Soon after a low-speed, 3-hour chase of a White Bentley in North Hollywood began Tuesday night, up popped the tags, and at least one new twitter account. Twitter trends spread fastest when there’s a celebrity tweeter with thousands of followers involved, rebroadcasting the news. I heard it from @oliviamunn, who said she could hear the choppers from her house. Read more »
F’ing Christian Bale on Twitter, and other great Twitter accomplishments
Sure as rain, nearly as soon as Christian Bale’s 3-and-a-half-minute tirade against Terminator: Salvation’s director of photography dropped on the interwebs, a Twitter account was created in his honor.
For nearly 10 hours today, @fnchristianbale has been kicking Twitter users off the set, asking what the fuck is it with them, and declaring that they’re done professionally. Listen to the clip via the link at the end of the post.
Now that media outlets, politicians, major brands/celebrities are on Twitter, its power to bring the world down to one level of communication is seemingly limitless.
Mr. Tweet, a “Twitter networking assistant,” has been conducting surveys of its users, asking them how long they think it will be until Twitter goes mainstream, but it appears to me that it already has. (And 33% of responders agree) Dell offers Twitter-only deals, Virgin America builds the carrier’s brand base, and Shaq documents his meets with favorite fans. There are hundreds of other examples, and new accounts starting every day. So what can’t this service accomplish? Well… becoming profitable. They’re still figuring that part out.