Podversation 01 - Gene Smith and Tweeterboard

Posted by Connie Reece on February 13, 2008 at 1:28 pm

In this interview Connie Reece speaks with Gene Smith, creator of the Tweeterboard, a tool for “conversation analytics” on Twitter. Gene goes on the record about the Tweeterboard algorithm; his intent to measure engagement, not popularity; and how he recommends people use the data provided.

Quick Take-aways:

• the number of Twitter users tracked as of today is 3,883
• Tweeterboard continues to add about 10 users per day
• the algorithm used is the same as the one used for Google Page Rank
• Halo 3 was the inspiration for the Box Score spread
• Chris Brogan is #1 on the Tweeterboard today

About Gene Smith
Gene is a consultant specializing in information architecture strategy, social classification like tagging and folksonomies, emergent information architecture and interaction design. He is a principal at nForm User Experience and is also author of Tagging: People-Powered Metadata for the Social Web.

NOTE: RSS readers may need to click through to Blog Talk Radio to listen to the audio file.

Thanks to Twitter friends who suggested questions: @adelemcalear, @chelpixie, @conniecrosby and @digitalmaverick.

Category: Twitter, Audio, podcasting

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