Jer Thorp's 'GoodMorning!' Shows Global Twitter Greetings
Marissa Brassfield — September 13, 2009 — Pop Culture
References: blog.blprnt & gizmodo
Jer Thorp's 'GoodMorning!' Twitter visualization brings to life 11,000 global Twitter updates that share morning greetings in various languages over a 24-hour period. Thorp has color-coded the updates to denote the local time at which they were sent; green tweets were sent early in the morning, while black tweets occurred at a time that wasn't morning in that time zone.
The video is a fun way to see how we welcome in the day throughout the world. Check out Jer Thorp's 'GoodMorning!' Twitter visualization above.
The video is a fun way to see how we welcome in the day throughout the world. Check out Jer Thorp's 'GoodMorning!' Twitter visualization above.
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