Kevin Slevin gave a nice presentation about thing that Twitter at the #140conf in London.
it got me to think about the impact data, which is all around, could have if it would be standardized into an accessible format.
I started a list of Things that Twitter.
It contains some really interesting stuff but also a lot of silly things like the Twitter stream of the Big Ben clock in London and a hookup to some webcam and cats door telling you if a cats leaves the house or comes back. It contains stuff which could help your business model, but also data which might make people aware of energy savings and public alerts.
The list will try to contain all interesting sensory driven data streams, which are published to Twitter.
If you look closely to the Web, you can see that many of all generated content is done automatically, without any human editorial interference. With the Internet of Things, the Semantic Web and Open APIs and mashups becoming ever more popular, this content creation will just keep on growing.
Please follow the list, so it can inspire you to also think about which sensory data would make things more insightful and create awareness.
http://twitter.com/#/list/mathys/things-that-twitter
If you have a suggestion about it, please leave a comment or tell me at @mathys on Twitter.
update: our 2 cents – @whereisthegold
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Have also spotted some cows: http://twitter.com/saharaholsteins
and a parody of Top Gears Stig: http://twitter.com/the_slag
http://twitter.com/redjets — ferries
http://twitter.com/towerbridge — bridge
http://twitter.com/andy_house — house on the Isle of Wight
@dougie thanks!
I think @redjets and @towerbridge are already in the list.
@andy_house was one of the first ones I encountered after a presentation in Berlin at the Web 2.0 Expo… They’ve now protected it, so I can’t add it to the list.
Keep em coming!
We created a TwitterStairs in Deventer.
When people walk on a the stairs, they see lights and hear sounds that are send to Twitter (@vogeleiland). You can hear the sounds again on the website in midi, download them or check the timeline.
See: http://www.twittertrap.nl (Dutch)