We used to use radio for this …
The Olympic Torch carried through San Francisco, reported minute by minute, from the scene:
If you still don’t understand the value of Twitter, click the image to see the story.
(Via Team Tibet, on Twitter.)
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really really cool.
what an amazing way of mobilizing people and movements in real time
April 9, 2008 at 11:00 pmI can imagine a few situations were play-by-play Twitter reporting might hold my attention, but the majority of what I’ve seen is much more ‘look what I can do!’ than actually interesting or insightful.
April 9, 2008 at 11:19 pm@Ryan - What I thought was especially interesting in this case was that the torch was on the move. So there was a special interest in updating its whereabouts minute by minute. Other than sending phone reports, that would be hard to do with other tools.
April 10, 2008 at 7:56 amYou can do this as well with live radio from a mobile or satellite phone, as long a you either:
April 21, 2008 at 10:30 ama) have a good vantage point over a site, or b) can be mobile alongside your target. For the minute by minute account radio’s emotional range and continuity of description are the go - as long as the commentator doesn’t just talk for the sake of filling airtime.