The Tower Systems Elsternwick office shook and swayed for what felt like a few minutes this afternoon during an earth tremor. What is interesting to me is the way I got confirmation that it was not just our building. Twitter and Facebook both lit up with confirmations. Then the websites for the Herald Sun and The Age. The use of Facebook and Twitter by people for reporting news puts us more in touch those involved. The colour on Twitter feeds about the tremor is fascinating – traditional media cannot match this because they impose themselves between an evolving story and the consumer.
What an excellent example of how we report and consumer news.
We felt it at Seymour, my staff said i was taking whacky tobaccy cause i said the building rumbled! (i think it was at 4.30pm on the dot)