Twitterature: Film maker Steven Soderbergh writes a novella, "Glue", 140 characters at a time, on Twitter

Soderbergh (Sex, Lies & Videotape; Erin Brockovitch; Oceans 11, 12 & 13; Out of Sight; Side Effects) has announced his retirement from big-screen/cinematic film making (although he is, interestingly, writing, directing and producing for television) has also turned to Twitter as a medium that offers him room for artistic expression, beyond--or different from--the ones he has employed in the past.

Like everything Soderbergh does: intriguing. And ultra cool.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/books/soderbergh-explores-a-new-medium.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

GTEX 2013: Twitter+data mining/management+graphic software=illustration of collective thinking

THIS is an amazing use of Twitter, via @DougSaunders

This strikes me as being right up there. a.k.a., as intriguing and useful, as the work Stanford is doing with predictive social network analysis*:

https://twitter.com/pewresearch/status/327489171633627136/photo/1

Pew Research graphic: See our graphic illustrating the shifting conversaton on #Twitter about #GunControl http://pewrsr.ch/ZmHGls  pic.twitter.com/0BAxUwOUr5

*http://www.cbc.ca/spark/full-interviews/2011/09/23/jure-leskovec-on-predictive-social-network-analysis/

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Has Twitter turned into the online equivalent of cable news? Reuters Ben Walsh thinks so

from

MediaFile

via  ‏@StKonrath

@ the Liquid News Room
http://www.nextlevelofnews.com/

In a crisis, Twitter morphs into cable news

By Ben Walsh

December 19, 2012

http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2012/12/19/in-a-crisis-twitter-morphs-into-cable-news/

 

(Other persons' thoughts on) The Impact of Twitter on Journalism from PBS via Mediabistro

Worth watching and thinking about:

http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/video-the-impact-of-twitter-on-journalism_b16258

Civic engagement: Twitter as tool

"Graphic" Matt Elliott of Metro reminds Toronto residents to speak--or at least click--now or forever hold their peace. City council is willing to listen to people talk about the upcoming budget but only if they register by 4 p.m. on Dec. 4. Matt Tweets:

The content in this Tweet is the property of Matt Elliott and is replicated here for educational purposes.

The Great Twitter Experiment 2012--soon to be 2013--will continue to look for examples in which Twitter is used for this purpose. Other examples are welcome and will be added to this space.

Arjun Basu invents the "Twister", writes short stories in 140 characters

@arjunbasu a.k.a Content Director of Spafax Canada and past president of th Canadian Magazine Awards has coined the word "Twister" to describe the short stories he writes and posts on his Twitter micro-blog.

An example: 

Another example:

These Tweets are the property of Arjun Basu & are reproduced here for research and educational purposes because they represent a unique use of Twitter--or at least one that was previously undocumented on the What Would Morgan (a.k.a. E.M. Forster) Do? blog.

Two observations on a Friday night: when all the best Tweeting happens [unless there is a monster storm]. Twitter builds physical community? during & after Sandy; @shawnmicallef shows once again that he is the Tom Eliot of the digital age

I saw two things in my Twitter feed today that I decided merit mention.

1. @TheMatthewKeys wrote:





I wrote: Both heartwarming and simultaneously deeply ironic. Up there with @carr2n's "little campfire of Twitter posts" in his hands: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/how-sandy-slapped-the-snark-out-of-twitter/

Also: So interesting how for years the Internet transcended geography to create virtual communities and now Twitter is doing the opposite.

People including @TheMatthewKeys write about how Twitter has helped build REAL "meet the neighbours" communities during & in wake of Sandy.


2. Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef writes poetry.
Maybe not T.S. Eliot; maybe Jack Kerouac.
Or some combination of the two.

Here, in reverse order; i.e. in the order in which he Tweeted (paragraphs are mine KN):

  Shawn Micallef ‏@shawnmicallef

The bored looks of the Ossington-Dovercourt Dundas Corridor. 

They are so bored. 

They are out but Friday bored. 

They twiddle their hair.

 Exposed brick. 

They are bored with exposed brick. 

It's time to cover the brick up! 

Exposed brick is for dads.

Repoint! 

They shout we must repoint this exposed brick

then they twiddle the hair.