Twitter

  • Twitter Mood Predicts the Stock Market (But Don’t Bet On It Yet)

    since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things – ee cummings By now, there is enough evidence suggesting mood materially affects individual decision making that we can assume this to be the case.  With regard to markets, so much depends upon one’s break even point as prospect theory has…

  • Twitter Mood Predicts the Stock Market (But Don't Bet On It Yet)

    since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things – ee cummings By now, there is enough evidence suggesting mood materially affects individual decision making that we can assume this to be the case.  With regard to markets, so much depends upon one’s break even point as prospect theory has…

  • Just Be Awesome

    My aunt Ookie called and told me she had a great strategy for businesses who wanted to get on Twitter. I am kidding of course but it does seem like everyone is chiming in with what businesses should be or need to be doing to enhance their public relations or customer service or to…

  • Panel Discussion "Why Twitter Matters"

    Here is the link to the SIIA Panel discussion I pariticipated in moderated by @graubart with @harrisj, @pop17 on “Why Twitter Matters. This was a great bunch and a lot of fun.

  • Building Atop Twitter? Keep It Simple

    A while back I wrote a post about how Twitter had created an optimal relational field, fertile soil upon which others might grow vertical communities by adding a bit more structure. By promoting an intuitive fairness, clarity in relationship dynamics and balance between control and freedom, it has managed to get the next phase…

  • Twitter and the Relational Field

    When people interact, very little attention is paid to the spaces between them, the field upon which they are interacting. Nevertheless, this space is an incredibly important part of the interaction. The energy behind the correspondence, the relationship of the participants, the implicit rules of the setting, the physical surroundings… I call the space…