links for 2009-06-02

"Twitter may not replace the landline, the cell phone or voice and texting communications but it will certainly supplement them as a way to get around telecom data plans. Tweeting inside a browser does not have the same data cost for the telecom user that texting does which adds another huge non-metered communications opportunity for businesses and consumers. It opens the question of what large cellular services providers will do when conversations move away from their ability to track them. TwitterBerry accounts, used on RIM (RIMM) Blackberry handsets make it nearly impossible for messages to be tracked by data use."

By changing #fixreplies Twitter made it more difficult for me to observe the collective memory in action. An @reply from someone I'm not following to a friend of mine for a info like request will no longer be seen by me. For me that response tells me something about where the interest is and what engages others. It doesn't change Euan's observation it just makes Twitter less effective for finding things.

The socialization of content continues. This is the best example yet I've seen of integrating the hard copy with the world of mobility and travel. This opportunity doesn't only apply to travel books rather to almost all books.