Okay, this is strange and wonderful. Tower Bridge (in London) is on Twitter. It tells you when it opens or closes, and what ship is passing through on the Thames.The idea of having objects that can announce changes in their status opens up whole new vistas of possibility.
I can't, offhand, think of a library application for this kind of thing, other than the trivial (9:00 am The XYZ Branch Library is now open; 5:00 pm The XYZ Branch Library is now closed) -- but they have to be there.
Oooo, oooo, I just thought of a great use of Twitter: tweeting patrons when their hold materials are available.
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Fabulous idea. Or people with kids could get reminders: storytime tomorrow! Storytime in 10 minutes! How many people come to storytime 1/2 hour late because it starts at a slightly different time from Babies in Bloom? They need a tweet!
How about the buiding roof could tweet you--help I'm leaking. Or a tweet from the HVAC--call in sick today I'm broken and can't be fixed.
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