I just ran across a very cool Twitter application called TWHistory (www.twhistory.com). Their idea is to recreate history in a series of tweets from the journals and recounts of various participants in the events. I'm currently following ten historical faux-Twitterers, including President Lincoln, General George Meade and several soldiers from both sides in a real-time recreation of the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place 146 years ago today through Friday. This is especially interesting to me since my son and I are visiting Gettysburg later this month, along with other Civil War battlefields.
Many experts have debated the business model potential of Twitter. I'm not sure anyone knows how it will develop. But as TWHistory demonstrates, if you build the platform, innovative applications will follow.
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