Comments on: What use is Twitter? http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/ a blog hosted by Futurelab Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Timbo http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3661 Timbo Wed, 23 May 2007 12:37:01 +0000 http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3661 A twitter and google maps mash-up: http://twittervision.com/ And for those totally obsessed, how to make this your desktop background: http://badacetechshow.com/?p=37 A twitter and google maps mash-up: http://twittervision.com/

And for those totally obsessed, how to make this your desktop background: http://badacetechshow.com/?p=37

]]> By: Damien Riley http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3554 Damien Riley Mon, 21 May 2007 18:32:53 +0000 http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3554 Your post is extremely well-said. I'm a teacher. I don't get the education element though. I have one on my myspace page and nested on the "about" section of my blog. Other than that, I think they look gaudy on the front page and takes attention away from the content and focuses on the author (which I try to avoid since I have a "language" blog) I think twitter is a twitter of something, bt not future education . . . imho. Your post is extremely well-said. I’m a teacher. I don’t get the education element though. I have one on my myspace page and nested on the “about” section of my blog. Other than that, I think they look gaudy on the front page and takes attention away from the content and focuses on the author (which I try to avoid since I have a “language” blog) I think twitter is a twitter of something, bt not future education . . . imho.

]]> By: Stuart http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3484 Stuart Sun, 20 May 2007 16:18:09 +0000 http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3484 Although not an educational narrative, in an attempt to find a use for Twitter <a href="http://www.strudel.org.uk/blog/astro/000651.shtml" rel="nofollow">I created</a> accounts for a few of the radio telescopes in the UK's MERLIN array. Every time they change what they are observing, Twitter is automatically updated. Although not an educational narrative, in an attempt to find a use for Twitter I created accounts for a few of the radio telescopes in the UK’s MERLIN array. Every time they change what they are observing, Twitter is automatically updated.

]]> By: Leon Cych http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3367 Leon Cych Fri, 18 May 2007 16:39:51 +0000 http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3367 As an addendum to both my blog entries on Twitter and Fring - they have now been combined - see here: http://www.fring.com/blog/?p=38 As an addendum to both my blog entries on Twitter and Fring - they have now been combined - see here: http://www.fring.com/blog/?p=38

]]> By: jeepx.net » Blog Archive » Widgets/Social Networks: uLocate, GyPSii http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3341 jeepx.net » Blog Archive » Widgets/Social Networks: uLocate, GyPSii Fri, 18 May 2007 06:28:36 +0000 http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-3341 [...] And to add another piece to this puzzle check the nice introduction of the moment’s fad at Twitter 101: a good intro and summary with ideas and perspectives plus a comment that shots the whole thing down. [...] [...] And to add another piece to this puzzle check the nice introduction of the moment’s fad at Twitter 101: a good intro and summary with ideas and perspectives plus a comment that shots the whole thing down. [...]

]]> By: AJ Cann http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-2952 AJ Cann Thu, 10 May 2007 13:01:50 +0000 http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/2007/05/09/what-use-is-twitter/#comment-2952 The reason for the popularity of Twitter is well known: It's the psychological principle of intermittent variable reward, one of the most powerful methods of operant conditioning: Ferster, C.B. & Skinner, B.F. 1957 Schedules of reinforcement. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Zeiler, M.D. 1968 Fixed and variable schedules of response-independent reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 11, 405–414. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1338502 The reason for the popularity of Twitter is well known:
It’s the psychological principle of intermittent variable reward, one of the most powerful methods of operant conditioning:
Ferster, C.B. & Skinner, B.F. 1957 Schedules of reinforcement. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Zeiler, M.D. 1968 Fixed and variable schedules of response-independent reinforcement. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 11, 405–414.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1338502

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