My favorite articles from this weekend…
- Google Search is History, Twitter Search is Now?
Google next victim of creative destruction?
Fast forward to today and take a simple example of how Twitter Search changes everything. Imagine you are in line waiting for coffee and you hear people chattering about a plane landing on the Hudson. You go back to your desk and search Google for plane on the Hudson — today — weeks after the event, Google is replete with results — but the DAY of the incident there was nothing on the topic to be found on Google. Yet at http://search.twitter.com the conversations are right there in front of you. - Finding your career in a terrible economy
What Should I Do with My Life, Now?
For those who want it boiled down to Seven Simple Steps? Step One: stop pretending we’re all on the same staircase. - Goverati!
Government 2.0: The Rise of the Goverati
What is the goverati? It is made up of people with first-hand knowledge of how the government operates, who understand how to use social software to accomplish a variety of government missions, and who want to use that knowledge for the benefit of all.
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I went and googled the Hudson plane crash the same day it happened, and using Google News, I found up-to-the-minute news stories.
Thanks for pointing out the “What Should I Do With My Life, Now?” article. Very inspiring, while keeping a pragmatic tone.