http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/ a weblog by Tom Armitage Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/comment-page-1/#comment-130085 Infovore » Twit 4 Dead: more silly nonsense with Twitter bots. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:35:28 +0000 http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/#comment-130085 [...] might know that I’m a fan of Twitter as a messaging bus, and I’ve already built some entertainingly daft bots in my time with it. Recently, I decided [...] [...] might know that I’m a fan of Twitter as a messaging bus, and I’ve already built some entertainingly daft bots in my time with it. Recently, I decided [...]

]]> http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/comment-page-1/#comment-104040 Joe Budde Jr. » Your Alarm Clock Says Hello: Talking Machines Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:45:52 +0000 http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/#comment-104040 [...] i stumbled upon an older post from Tom, talking about how amazing it is that machines can speak to humans using regular old English on a human conversation platform like [...] [...] i stumbled upon an older post from Tom, talking about how amazing it is that machines can speak to humans using regular old English on a human conversation platform like [...]

]]> http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/comment-page-1/#comment-71488 Infovore » Making bridges talk Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:28:29 +0000 http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/#comment-71488 [...] written before about how wonderful Twitter can be as a messaging bus for physical objects. The idea of overhearing machines talking about what they’re doing is, to my mind, quite [...] [...] written before about how wonderful Twitter can be as a messaging bus for physical objects. The idea of overhearing machines talking about what they’re doing is, to my mind, quite [...]

]]> http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/comment-page-1/#comment-34554 lucasjosh.com » Blog Archive » Log4Twitter Wed, 30 May 2007 13:24:32 +0000 http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/#comment-34554 [...] I think piggybacks nicely on the concept of Twitter as a message bus, whether human or computer. That is a direction which could make things very interesting. The other thing that happens as more machines enter spaces previously restricted to humans is that the potential for interaction based on overhearing emerges. I used “overheard” very deliberately earlier - to suggest we’re not getting the original message (which, presumably, is in XML or binary or something) but a chinese whisper of it, cast out in public via Twitter. But now imagine if the API is two ways, and telescopes, watching the Twitter timeline can start acting upon the things they overhear. Scheduling software overhearing the Victoria line announcing that it’s broken. My cooker picking up that I’m leaving the office. [...] [...] I think piggybacks nicely on the concept of Twitter as a message bus, whether human or computer. That is a direction which could make things very interesting. The other thing that happens as more machines enter spaces previously restricted to humans is that the potential for interaction based on overhearing emerges. I used “overheard” very deliberately earlier – to suggest we’re not getting the original message (which, presumably, is in XML or binary or something) but a chinese whisper of it, cast out in public via Twitter. But now imagine if the API is two ways, and telescopes, watching the Twitter timeline can start acting upon the things they overhear. Scheduling software overhearing the Victoria line announcing that it’s broken. My cooker picking up that I’m leaving the office. [...]

]]> http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/comment-page-1/#comment-34151 Functional Autonomy » Blog Archive » Twitter: Semantically Geolocative Tue, 22 May 2007 23:03:39 +0000 http://infovore.org/archives/2007/05/22/twitter-a-messaging-bus-for-telescopes-and-almost-anything-else-youd-like-to-overhear/#comment-34151 [...] I also saw today on Tom Armitage’s blog that the Jodrell Bank telescopes are now reporting their current observations on Twitter. It’s… cutely utilitarian. [...] [...] I also saw today on Tom Armitage’s blog that the Jodrell Bank telescopes are now reporting their current observations on Twitter. It’s… cutely utilitarian. [...]

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