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No I don't. At least not all the time. I just started with the assumption that getting real-time quality news is the shining light at the end of the news tunne
by dcy 13y ago
No I don't. At least not all the time.
I just started with the assumption that getting real-time quality news is the shining light at the end of the news tunnel.
Which seems like a reasonable assumption considering that every innovation/breakthrough in news/information industry has been heading in that general direction.
There are only 3 contexts by which news is relevant time(no one is interested in what happened years ago), location and category. Blogs have clearly favored category and applications like twitter have greatly reduced the time (although I believe twitter is not streamlined to get the most important news out quickest,different discussion). The only way to further reduce that time seems to be by truly democratizing news as in crowd-sourced news.
- gojomo 13y agoWhat's an example of "important news"? Does it change what you do, and if so, has there been any in the last week, or month? Who right now is paying for "real-time quality news"?
- dcy 13y agoI'd say the Malaysian flight disappearing/crashing-into-the-ocean is 'important' news. Here it is of global relevance because of the catastrophic nature of the incident, but one could easily argue that a series of break-ins on your street is important as well ,albeit its relevance is local therefore its only important to the people of the locality. I believe future news/social applications will have to harmoniously marry the global with the local. In all humble honesty I sorta envision these really cool applications that'll be aware of where we are and what we want and serve us relevant content.This idea is exciting to me because we don't have to wait for superior technology to build them.
- gojomo 13y agoHave you changed anything about your life in reaction to the MH370 news? Did hearing about a new theory, or possible new piece of floating debris, ever improve your day?