Twitter reached its 20 billionth tweet last Sunday, says the BBC – but 99% of all Twitter users won’t be able to read it.
That’s because the landmark tweet was in Japanese, sent by Tokyo graphic designer GGGGGGo_Lets_Go as part of a longer game of ‘tweet tennis’ (otherwise known as a Twitter conversation).
This is cool. As a tribute to XKCD’s ‘Map of Online Communities’ that was created way back in the day (or 2007 as I like to call it), Flowtown have re-created the map and updated it for 2010.
It highlights very well how our online world has changed. Back in 2007 people spent a good deal of times in places called Yahoo!, MySpace and AOL — those old timers and their strange habits. Jump forward to the 2010 map and these places are barely visible. Read More
Wired, The Wall, The New York Times and the Huffington Post have all pronounced the web on its last legs. Wired appears to believe that because there’s a popular new way of interfacing with the internet – apps – the web has had its last hurrah. Huff’s Josh Silver bases his pronouncement on the news that Google and Verizon have done a deal that may make it possible to have a privileged access scheme for content providers disseminating video to customers. Read More
There are a couple of pieces around today on AOL’s ambitious hyperlocal plans that highlight how its growth is being fuelled by journalists working long hours for low pay, according to an email from an insider. Read More
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