MIT scientist captures 90,000 hours of video of his son's first words, graphs it
"<i>applies these same high-powered analytics to relate [...] events broadcast on TV to conversations taking place in social media</i>"<p>So, if you use Twitter, you're someone's lab rat. I know that when I tweet, it's open for all the world to see, but I can't shake the feeling that this is really creepy.<p>Beyond that, I'm trying to envision how this data could be used. I imagine three scenarios:<p>1. Leverage it to sell more TV advertising. If a show is getting buzz on twitter, maybe this could be a viable alternative to Nielsen ratings. (Which leads to the question of whether Blue Fin can discern positive buzz from negative buzz).<p>2. If step 1 is analysis, could step 2 be manipulation? Can buzz be jump started or boosted at key inflection points by sock puppet marketing?<p>3. C-level eye candy - interesting visualizations that TV exec's buy for their egos, but ultimately can't do anything actionable with the information.