Exploring disruptive storytelling technology in theory and practice.
“Newspapers, encyclopedias, they are just gone, at the touch of a hyperlink,” New Your Times reporter Quentin Hardy quotes Too Big to Know author David Weinberger. One would think a newspaperman like Hardy is tired of hearing about the death of the newspaper. Oh, wait, he's an NYTimes Bits blogger... Nevermind.
I'm just sophomoric enough to still enjoy a typo or two when it comes from in such a venerable a news organization as the New York Times. In a article exploring the 5th anniversary of the launch of Twitter, the Times substituted the word "mayor" for "major" when describing its role in the recent uprisings in Middle East. "Mayor," of course, is the distinction earned by players of Foursquare to recognize their provenance as a patron of a local business. Given that millions in the Middle East have "checked in" to Twitter in recent weeks, one might say that Twitter is indeed its Mayor, in the social networking meaning of the word. Maybe it will be rewarded a coupon for a free falafel or maybe a slice of fresh baked democracy...
