Comments on: Biomimetic signaling in Twitter http://blog.makerlab.org/2009/02/biomimetic-signaling-in-twitter/ Go on, be curious Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:06:40 -0800 hourly 1 By: anselm http://blog.makerlab.org/2009/02/biomimetic-signaling-in-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-797 anselm Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:24:53 +0000 http://blog.makerlab.org/?p=663#comment-797 Heh... no really? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/5479418/Biomimicry-why-the-world-is-full-of-intelligent-design.html Heh… no really?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/5479418/Biomimicry-why-the-world-is-full-of-intelligent-design.html

]]> By: Steven http://blog.makerlab.org/2009/02/biomimetic-signaling-in-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Steven Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:34:16 +0000 http://blog.makerlab.org/?p=663#comment-751 That was an intense post, and the first speculative discussion between "dead" philosophers I've seen to date online. I think you win the Internet. That was an intense post, and the first speculative discussion between “dead” philosophers I’ve seen to date online. I think you win the Internet.

]]> By: Brennan Novak http://blog.makerlab.org/2009/02/biomimetic-signaling-in-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Brennan Novak Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:25:06 +0000 http://blog.makerlab.org/?p=663#comment-746 What a great conversation Anselm, really thought provoking, and relevant. Thanks for putting this up! What a great conversation Anselm, really thought provoking, and relevant. Thanks for putting this up!

]]> By: Skry http://blog.makerlab.org/2009/02/biomimetic-signaling-in-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Skry Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:23:45 +0000 http://blog.makerlab.org/?p=663#comment-743 Wow, that's a heavy thing to comment on. I'll bravely add my feeble response anyway, but first, *applause*. Thanks, Anselm for another extremely thought-provoking article. I'll be considering this for quite some time. It is interesting to see the tool ecosystem emerge around Twitter and the holes where more tools are needed. Now that the users have defined the tasks and use cases, the shape of the missing system begins to emerge. Maybe another useful idea would be the animal alarm sound. If Twitter had an urgent alert mechanism akin to the signal drum that could be heard above the noise, with a set of repeaters strategically positioned on the hilltops ... . Ham radioland might also have some applicable ideas and practices to help with timely alert curation and propagation. Wow, that’s a heavy thing to comment on. I’ll bravely add my feeble response anyway, but first, *applause*. Thanks, Anselm for another extremely thought-provoking article. I’ll be considering this for quite some time.

It is interesting to see the tool ecosystem emerge around Twitter and the holes where more tools are needed. Now that the users have defined the tasks and use cases, the shape of the missing system begins to emerge.

Maybe another useful idea would be the animal alarm sound. If Twitter had an urgent alert mechanism akin to the signal drum that could be heard above the noise, with a set of repeaters strategically positioned on the hilltops … .

Ham radioland might also have some applicable ideas and practices to help with timely alert curation and propagation.

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