http://ronamok.com/2009/06/01/tweetdeck-for-breaking-news/ A storyteling analog engineer who studies the power of networks Wed, 16 May 2012 19:57:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ronamok.com/2009/06/01/tweetdeck-for-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-14196 RonAmok! » Don’t call me Kristie! Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:41:32 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=945#comment-14196 [...] May 27th, my Tweetdeck/Twitscoop window displayed two words looming large: “Kirstie” and “Alley.” At first I feared [...] [...] May 27th, my Tweetdeck/Twitscoop window displayed two words looming large: “Kirstie” and “Alley.” At first I feared [...]

]]> http://ronamok.com/2009/06/01/tweetdeck-for-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-13626 Bryan Howland Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:33:39 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=945#comment-13626 A week or two ago I got a tweet about a gunman on the UCI campus. Pretty soon I had heard from a freind who's sister goes to UCI telling me details of what happened (wasn't a gunman, it was a paintballer). It wasn't until an hour later that the local press was covering the story, long after it was all over. You don't get news faster than that without being there. Of course, you also have no idea if the news is real or not. A week or two ago I got a tweet about a gunman on the UCI campus. Pretty soon I had heard from a freind who’s sister goes to UCI telling me details of what happened (wasn’t a gunman, it was a paintballer). It wasn’t until an hour later that the local press was covering the story, long after it was all over. You don’t get news faster than that without being there. Of course, you also have no idea if the news is real or not.

]]> http://ronamok.com/2009/06/01/tweetdeck-for-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-14638 Bryan Howland Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:33:00 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=945#comment-14638 A week or two ago I got a tweet about a gunman on the UCI campus. Pretty soon I had heard from a freind who's sister goes to UCI telling me details of what happened (wasn't a gunman, it was a paintballer). It wasn't until an hour later that the local press was covering the story, long after it was all over. You don't get news faster than that without being there. Of course, you also have no idea if the news is real or not. A week or two ago I got a tweet about a gunman on the UCI campus. Pretty soon I had heard from a freind who’s sister goes to UCI telling me details of what happened (wasn’t a gunman, it was a paintballer). It wasn’t until an hour later that the local press was covering the story, long after it was all over. You don’t get news faster than that without being there. Of course, you also have no idea if the news is real or not.

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