This post is a copy-paste of my reply to Georges' post. Read it here.

Great article George!

Was planning on writing about this whole experience myself. Truth is that Twitter really did show it's practical and informative side, unfortunately in these disastrous occasions.

I can't say that I followed up on the Mumbai issue through Twitter, but the Athens riots had me refreshing my cell phone every 2 mins.

The pattern was always the same. Twitter posters sent in the information. After 3 or 4 different people posting the same thing, this was a means of cross-checking the info, I noticed TV stations we're relaying that single piece of information... Amazing! At one instance, a twitterer posted that Kolonaki was under attack. 3 mins later, there was a TV crew headed to Kolonaki following a tip they had.

That tip can be easily identified as Twitter. But let's face it, Twitter wasn't the only "high tech" gadgetry used. SKAI TV broadcasted live via 3G video calls, thus rendering the huge and bulky cameras and crews of three people, obsolete. So, what we saw these past few days happening is that, although people headed to the web for immediate information, they were not the only ones.

Traditional media relied on these new technologies as much as we did. So, we can't really say that the traditional media is fading out, or dying... they're just adapting, just like we are...

Mozilla Weave is a great replacement for the - now defunct - Google browser Sync. Unfortunately, the folks over at Mozilla don't think the project deserves a better infrastructure, since it's still in alpha phase. Leaving all of us with a product that just doesn't work. In other words, Weave aint weaving jack. Alas, there is a solution. In fact it's so simple and quick, there no reason to wait. Weave connects to a WebDAV folder on their server, but in the add-on preferences in Firefox you can change that. Point it to a new WebDAV folder, and you're done. For those of us who don't have access to WebDAV folders, there's a company somewhere in Sweden, who happily provides us with free 2Gb's of WebDAV brilliance. Hip-hip-hooray for MyDisk.se Step by Step, oh baby... (sic)

1. Goto mydisk.se and create a new account
2. Follow the instructions there to connect your MyDisk account to your PC/Mac (click connect MyDisk)
3. When connected, enter your MyDisk folder, and create a sub folder called "weave"
4. Open the weave preferences, and under the advanced tab, change the server to "https://mydisk.se/username/weave/"
5. Save and sync

You'll need to change the server location parameter on all your weave add-ons (at home etc), but hey, it works! Lightning fast, free and above all... it's that simple! Start Syncing... PS: Dear Mozilla, Weave is great but you don't have a product yet. Until you do, we'll piggy-back on MyDisk...