We saw this post today by Sally Falkow and our mouses were instantly clicking and scrolling for more...
Sally reported on Dell's press conference on 12 August 2008 to launch their new generation of mobility products, that used Twitter to take questions from journos.
Sally writes: "The actual press conference was held in San Francisco with feeds to venues in London and New Delhi. It was also webcast online, so anyone, anywhere in the world, could log on and see the conference. They also have a Twitter account called Digital_Nomads and were posting live updates. Anyone with a Twitter account could participate, comment and ask questions."
Sally also gives the example of the recent earthquake Los Angeles, where news of the event was out on Twitter just seconds after it hit. "The first mainstream media report was four minutes later and the AP wire report came 9 minutes after the first Tweet. By then there were already thousands of posts on Twitter from people in all walks of life giving their personal experiences."
The New York Times is also active on Twitter. Writers and editors are tweeting, and there are also Tweets of their section headlines. See a list of NY Times Twitter feeds at the Twitter blog.
Thanks to Sally for the post.
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