Wednesday, October 6th

By now, it’s clear that Twitter is not just a site. It’s a protocol for asymmetric follow. It’s a message bus for human attention. It’s able to force every Twitter user to let it know when an interaction happens, simply by changing URLs. This is the real value of the company — not just knowing what people are talking about, but knowing which things prompt an action, wherever that happens.

Alistar Croll, Why Twitter’s t.co is a game changer

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7. jufemaiz said: I agree with the concept that it is “a message bus”. Working in the electrical power world and understanding event driven notifications - twitter’s base was really founded around the concept of: - a timestamp - an asset (the user) - a message
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11. russian2112 said: Saturday 12:17pm: I just took a sip of GREEN TEA Saturday 12:18pm: Aww green tea finished Saturday 12:20pm: Walking out of the store Saturday 12:21pm: Getting in my car Thats twitter. Just a bunch of annoying friends updates that we don’t care about.
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