Public writing an opera through Twitter

August 11, 2009

Twitter bird being operatic

Guess it was inevitable for the classical opera world to cross paths with modern social networking.

The Royal Opera House in London will use tweets submitted by Twitter users to compose a new opera about a man kidnapped by a group of birds. The opera will be performed later in September with music by composer Helen Porter.

This creative project is ROH’s attempt to make people become a part of the creative process in creating an opera. People can send submissions for the opera to ROH’s Twitter account.

What an interesting way to create an opera from crowdsourcing. Hope it’s better than having a bunch of monkeys pounding on keyboards. ;-P

[From BBC News]

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Twitter attacked by teenager

April 16, 2009

This past weekend, Twitter was under attack as the Mikeyy worm infected users’ profiles on the social network.

BBC reported the computer worm was created by Michael Mooney, a 17-year-old student from Brooklyn, N.Y. The worm was used to promote StalkDaily.com, a rival social networking Web site created by Mooney.

The worm would infect users who clicked on the link to the rival Web site. Infected profiles automatically spammed friends following these infected Twitter accounts.

According to Twitter, no personal information was compromised in the attacks. The company may also pursue legal action against Mooney.

Twitter is a popular microblogging social network Web site with more than seven million users.

Hope Twitter will become more secure after this major worm attack. -_-

[From BBC]

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Twitter ‘business’ plan angers users

March 24, 2009

Twitter is now popular enough for users to get mad over its “business plan.”

Recently, an article on BBspot claimed that Twitter’s business plan involved charging users for its new premium accounts.

For example, the article claimed that a user could purchase the Sparrow upgrade for a limit of 145 characters and 5 extra random followers at $5 per month or spring for the Eagle account upgrade, which includes a limit of 500 characters and 1,000 extra random followers at $250 per month.

According to the TG Daily, the article was a hoax. But some users still believed that it was real, resulting in angry responses.

Twitter is a poplar microblogging Web site used by people, businesses and even the Phoenix Mars Lander to communicate with their followers.

I have to admit, when I first read this article, I had to read it a second time before I realized the article was a fake. ^^;;

[BBspot via TG Daily]

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