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On Twitter, mindcasting is the new lifecasting
LA Times writer David Sarnos draws a line between lifecasting and mindcasting on sites like Twitter. The latter seems a better way of using social media sites.
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Twitter, the micro-messaging service where users broadcast short thoughts to one another, has been widely labeled the newest form of digital narcissism. And if it’s not self-obsession tweeters are accused of, it’s self-promotion, solipsism or flat out frivolousness.
But naysayers will soon eat their tweets. There’s already a vibrant community of Twitter users who are using the system to share and filter the hyper-glut of online information with ingenious efficiency. Forget what you had for breakfast or how much you hate Mondays. That’s just lifecasting.
Mindcasting is where it’s at. -
Twitter takes the concept of social networking and blows the doors off
it. Because it’s a public messaging system — more like radio than
e-mail — you don’t need to be real-life ‘‘friends’’ with a person to
tune in to his feed, you just need to be interested. That means you
have the unique flexibility to program your own information stream. And
once you do, you quickly find you’re not swimming alone.
The reboot of journalism
Dave Winer says we are in the middle of the journalism revolution, not at the beginning, and that direct information from sources (not told to a reporter and then published) is the future of the news ecosystem.
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Apparently I am one of the very few who think we're in the middle of the reboot of journalism, not at the start.
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Add Sticky NoteIf this were the transport industry, it's as if I were recommending that the NY Central railroad make an investment in Trans World Airlines. Or that UPS invest in FedEx. I still don't think it's too late, but the time is very short, it seems.
- His message is that if you participate in the movement that undermines your business, you should have some say in how the movement evolves. - on 2009-03-24
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Make Something Valuable to Journalism and Give it Away
In which Jay Rosen interviews the director, Jim Bettinger, on why one of the most prestigious mid-career fellowship programs in the U.S. decided to shift focus to innovation and entrepreneurship in journalism.
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