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|description=With the unfolding of the Arab Spring throughout the Middle East, the London Riots in the UK, and the Occupy Movement around the US, news consumers, journalists, and technologists saw the increasing reliance on real-time information streams to give readers access to every new update in a story. The popularity of live blogging makes it clear that this thirst for real time news can be dealt with using blocks of varied media from significant tweets through to live video feeds. However, the workflow for keeping up with the firehose while maintaining context and accuracy is in desperate need of a refresh.
|skills=UI/UX, Information Architects, Livebloggers, Data Wranglers, Designers, Social Media Mavens
|posteventparticipation=to be determined
|hashtags=#mozrealtime
|relevantlinks=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/08/london-riots-third-night-live
}}

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Description

With the unfolding of the Arab Spring throughout the Middle East, the London Riots in the UK, and the Occupy Movement around the US, news consumers, journalists, and technologists saw the increasing reliance on real-time information streams to give readers access to every new update in a story. The popularity of live blogging makes it clear that this thirst for real time news can be dealt with using blocks of varied media from significant tweets through to live video feeds. However, the workflow for keeping up with the firehose while maintaining context and accuracy is in desperate need of a refresh.

Skills Needed

UI/UX, Information Architects, Livebloggers, Data Wranglers, Designers, Social Media Mavens

Post-Event Participation

to be determined

Hashtags

  1. mozrealtime

Relevant links

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/aug/08/london-riots-third-night-live

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