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Man updates Twitter from site of airplane crash!

Just a quick post about another example of social media being at the forefront of new developments…
Regular readers will have seen my posts about Twitter here.
Here is news of a guy who updated his Twitter immediately after being in a plane crash:

Mike Wilson updates Twitter from scene of Continental Airlines 737 crash in Denver
Do you [...]

#mumbai: three days as a Twitter journalist

Last week I wrote a post about Twitter and another:Social media – citizen journalism: changing the world: Mumbai Terror.
Today I came across this interesting news article written by a Twitter “journalist”:
#mumbai: three days as a Twitter journalist
The article gives a detailed account of how Twitter was used during the Mumbai horror and will help you [...]

What is Twitter?

Twitter? What is it? How can I use it? What will I get from it?
These are common questions asked by people about Twitter.
I mentioned Twitter in a post recently about social media and the Mumbai massacre.
Simply speaking, Twitter is a way of sending quick short messages to lots of people all at once (your “followers”). [...]

Social media – citizen journalism: changing the world: Mumbai Terror.

Back in the 20th century (I know, sounds awful doesn’t it) we used to read newspapers, listen to the radio or watch the news on television. The internet as a news source was still in its infancy back in 1999, yet today it is supplanting the old ways of doing things. Not only that, new [...]