Assessing assessments

1. I really would like another book one ontop of what i already have, i also need a scholarly journal, the journal might be kind of hard to find considering that twitter opinions etc change every couple of days. GO TO GALE LIBRARY....460m&m

2. I think i assessed most of them well, some im a little meh about, i want to find around 5 more sources just to be on the safe side for quotes considering this is an 8 page or so paper, and i think searching through blogs and business week and wired would be really helpful, and an interview with a new twitter user.

Resources reflections

1. pretty much google, i started very broad such as "twitter" or "social networking", then dove deeper into it and then became very narrow, i was planning to go to the library again and go find a better journal, or at least a good article and a better book article. Also i check the newspaper every week, i get wall street journal and San Jose Mercury News and they usually have a tech section with something about twitter or facebook. I did not use the library database which i really regret, but there is still time to go back and look for more. For a book i pretty much look for anything new, because a book that is sixth months old is not up to date.

2. It has been kind of hard to find quotes that really link to my thesis, i wanted my thesis to really be on who owns twitter info, and how safe is it, but most of the twitter stuff i find is why twitter is becoming popular, and what is the phenomenon all about.

Personal Interview

My interviewee is my roomate Robert clark. He uses twitter every day. april 20, 2009

What is twitter?
Means of communications between peoplein 140 characters.
Why do you use it?
Its fun, it allows him to view things that are interesting and in short text message format. Links to stories etc stuff that is interesting.
It is useful?
Useful for everyone. allows businesses freeway of advertising to a large amount of people.
Do you think twitter could be used in a bad way?
Spam, not experienced it though.
Is twitter profitable?
not profitable at all.
Who is it better for, companies or people?
Depends on what your using it for, advertising is good, but a good way of communicating, great for promoting yourself such as myspace music.
Easier to meet people on Twitter than on facebook?
no, twitter is not creating intimate friendships, more of a blabbing away at people. Twitter is an easier way of communication.
Twitter vs. Facebook?
Twitter=following people who semi famous, internet celebs, alex albrecht and kevin rose
Facebook=people that i know, talking and of coursestatus update, easier connectablility
Would you ever put anything private on twitter?
No, but they probably save mistyped, or false direct messages.

Magazine assesment

The magazine and article i choose is from Wired, and the article is "How twitter creates a social sixth sense."
This article is very relevant, becuase it talks about why do twitter, and some issues with the online site which is very helpful with the thesis being developed.

Video Assesment

The video i chose was the interview between Biz stone, co-founder of twitter, and Stephen Colbert.
This interview is fairly simple, and colbert does poke fun, but it is very insightful into the idea behind twitter, and also brings up some interesting topics about twitter
http://www.robbmontgomery.com/2009/04/video-biz-stone-explains-twitter-to-stephen-colbert/

Newspaper article

The newspaper article i choose was from april 13, and it talked about a program running in twitter that would promote another site.
The article is called "twitter tormented by nettlesome computer program." it is a decent nespaper, so it is credible. It would really help in discussing how easy it is to hack into twitter, and how private info is not really private.

Journal Article

I dont know if business week is a magazine, or a Journal, i would say it is a little bit of both.
The article is called "The Coming Facebook-Twitter Collision" by Sarah Lacy
Business week is a reliable source, and the article just talks about how twitter and facebook will soon be competing. It is a very good article that talks about twitter and clearly states objectives of twitter. It could be very good in discussing what twitter is used for, and how it is used good vs. bad.

Book Asessment

I would use the book, "Once you're lucky. Twice you're good. The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the rise of Web 2.0" by Sarah Lacy

This book basically talks about all kinds of web sites and companies. The basic argument of the book is that with basic experience of a company hitting it big, they can do it a second time. The books argument is not relevant to my thesis, but the chapter that talks about twitter is. It is the authors, and other peoples quotes on how twitter can be used in a positive way. The source is viable, and the author has been reporting on web technology for many years.

Great twitter

great twitter doc on digg
http://digg.com/d1oCO6

Blogs

Have Blogs become popular because of Anonymity?

Research Questions

I found this great article on line, actually listening to DiggNation, which is a social news site that talks about a guy/girl whose tweet was a rant about their new job, and the employer found out.
http://digg.com/d1mphA
My new thesis hopefully a little more narrower would be about how safe and secure your information/comments are on twitter or facebook, i was thinking maybe just twitter.

The digg post also talks about how your tweets also get transfered into Goole Alert which i find very interesting.
1. How safe is information on the web
2. How private are comments/information given via twitter
3.

Social Networking Thesis

Thesis: With the current popularity in social networking sites, the ownership of personal information is being fought over. <<>>>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/jul/25/digitalmedia.usnews

http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/scoblefacebook-incident-its-not-about-data-ownership

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/02/16/facebook-we-have-never-claimed-ownership-members-content

Twitter Definition

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website

Social Networking Site-Twitter

Details-Twitter simply put is a micro blogging site (140 char). What happens is people create a acct, and blog about whatever they want. Then you follow people, or people follow you. When you follow people what happens is that whatever they type or talk about you get direct info of, it could be what their doing, url, pictures etc. When people follow you, they simply see what you type. There are also direct messages that you can send to people, these messages are private and can only be read by you and the people you sent them to.
How it is usedTwitter is used to communicate short messages to many different people. Its an easy way to send out what your doing, other ideas on your mind etc.
Who uses itAny oneuses it. It is an extremely versatile site, not only do people use it such as Barack Obama, but so do website and companies that send you messages on new stuff they are doing, and what is currently going on.
What it represents It represents a broader way of text messaging multiple people, and informing people about whats going on.
Is it Useful It is extremely useful. Not only is it a good way to get direct feedback, but its free advertising for companies. Since it is micro blogging, when a company puts up a story its always the headline to get you interested in a topic.
Private InfoThe only information used is your name, a quick bio and one picture.

Assessing Technology

Technology Slaves
Ross Wheatley
This is a credible authoritative source. Technology has erased the line between work and play. Not only are poeple less inclined to talk socially with others. Thr points listed are very valid, all points laid out are cleary defined, pay more for technology, working to hard=less social life, and people are becoming slaves. The article itself is just explaining more into the points with details. Points given such as sitting on a comp is bad for ones social skills instead of going out is very true. The time spent while working on a computer and the time playing on a computer is very blurred.

Redoing Assesments

I did redo the assessments of each source in my comment, but i guess it would be easier just to create another post

I totally misread what we had to do, i thought we were supposed to comment on them, not asses them
1. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3645/nude-student-photos-stolen-from-facebook-by-college-it-administrator-police-charge
This is an authoritative source. It backs up claims with evidence that is credible and comes directly from the facebook site.

2. http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/12778
this post could go either way. On one had it is a blog, so its not credible, but then again the author backs up his claims with sources

3. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/technology/internet/17facebook.html?_r=1
This is an authoritative source. Not only is it a credible source, It uses direct quotes of zuckerburg and other high end facebook staff to help prove their point, along with direct links and quotes to facebooks terms of service, not only that, but there are other quotes from the advocacy group Consumers Unionand the blog Consumerist cited them which helped to explain what the terms of service meant to them