Learning of Chengdu Earthquake via Twitter

I learned of the 7.8 earthquake in south eastern China today via Michael Darragh's Twitter stream - our Digital Influence team member in Shanghai. Horribly, as many as 900 students may be buried, the BBC Reports. While I don't want to turn such a terrible event into a communications object lesson, I see one of the true benefits of Twitter in the early twits out of China. It reminded me of following the blog of the tech guy during the Katrina crisis.

See Michael's stream here.

See Casper's stream here.