Visualizing the globe's Twitter data - Jer Thorp

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mapping-the-world-with-twitter-jer-thorpGood morning, Twitter! Millions of tweets are sent everyday, and from these tweets, we can gather a lot of information about people's lives: where they travel, when they wake up, and their opinions on pretty much everything. In this TEDYouth 2012 Talk, former New York Times data artist-in-residence Jer Thorp imagines what uses we can devise from this wealth of information.Talk by Jer Thorp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices