Twitter Matters #3: Escalopter (escalator + helicopter)
November 3rd, 2008 — Michael G. CayleyNow that I have used Twitter for a while, I am more convinced than when I started that it is an example, along with activity feeds & other microblogging platforms, of a new medium that is particularly suited for memetic branding purposes. It is involved in the genesis of shared perception.
Picked up on twitter …
MarkusvonRoder: Demonstrating the memetic trigger “Violation of viewing habits” - the Escalopter (escalator + helicopter)
Update:
I have turned my evolving reflections about twitter into a series of posts. Catch the other thoughts:
Why Twitter Matters #1: Follow me, Follow You on Twitter
Why Twitter Matters #2: Memetic Logos
Why Twitter Matters #4: social capital discussion evolving
Comment, Kim Patrick Kobza, CEO, Neighborhood America: cognitive outliers, real time group cognition
Why Twitter Matters #5: Twitter and Social Capital
Why Twitter Matters #6: Twitter Love Song
UPDATE@Nov.4, 2008 - an overview of StockTwits from Stowe Boyd.
UPDATE@Dec.1, 2008 - Tim O’Reilly “Why I Love Twitter”

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