Bernard Goldbach in Glanmire | 204 words
I FINISHED A WEEK OF curating the Ireland account on Twitter using 100% mobile connectivity and realised the task involved three screens. Let me explain.
I used an iPod Touch to monitor Boxcar notifications, to listen to audio snippets and to post Tiny Reviews. I used a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc to make videos and to create night photography. And I configured my Nokia Lumia as the primary handset for tweets and for dedicated search strings. Alongside all these screens sat my Kindle, reading mainstream news and items referred via Readablity. The combination of all these screens gave me comfort. I can't imagine trying to follow a flow of social media while mobile through a single viewing point. That would be slower, easy to crash, short on battery power, and prone to error.
It will take me another week to comprehend what happened during my week-long foray into location curation. I can already see steps I'd recommend to improve the accuracy and breaking news potential to producers and researchers. Stay tuned to my blog if you're interested in those conclusions but know the answer will involve the simultaneous use of two or more screens.
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