Comments on: A novel use for a social media tool

By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:55:06 +0000

@awolk – Wow… somehow this concept feels like something I wrote about two years ago: http://bit.ly/9Sikh

By: awolk (Alan Wolk)

awolk (Alan Wolk) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:40:26 +0000

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@ikepigott Feels a whole lot like it. You just forgot to give it a catchy (?) name

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By: Headlines, ripped straight from the Razr

Headlines, ripped straight from the Razr — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:00:34 +0000

[...] a bit similar in concept to a piece I wrote two years [...]

By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:06:53 +0000

From the Occam Archives: my April Fools joke in 2007 (which doesn’t sound so implausible anymore) http://bit.ly/9Sikh

By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:06:05 +0000

TweetPsych is interesting: http://tinyurl.com/lgzz8y (but do I get credit for having an idea first? http://bit.ly/9Sikh )

By: Michael Sommermeyer

Michael Sommermeyer — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:04:41 +0000

Thank you for sharing this cutting-edge research.

Reading various Tweets I marveled at how Twitter allowed Tweeters to reveal deep thoughts and insights into the human psyche. For instance, one Twitterer Tweeted a distinct fear of his dryer (http://tinyurl.com/3xuulx), which was an honest and a complete reflection of his inner self. However, this research is truly a leap forward.

Looking back on past Tweets, it seems so apparent and reasonable that researchers would find a way to predict ovulation.

Now if this same research can be tapped to help humanity predict if and when the local deli runs out of pastrami, of if the driver in front of me is suddenly going to stop, then I would call it a perfect implementation of Web2.0.