Unofficial Washington State Ferries Twitter Feed
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Background
I believe that effective distribution of time-sensitive information is about quickly getting knowledge to the people who need it without creating "information noise" in the process. For real-time alerts, like those published to the web by Washington State Ferries, I feel that Twitter offers a great syndication platform. Twitter distributes short, time-sensitive bulletins to a niche audience (e.g. ferry commuters) via the hardware platform of the subscriber's choice (PC, iPhone, BlackBerry, SMS, etc.). I created the @wsferries Twitter feed as a demonstration of this technique. If you live in the Puget Sound area and commute by ferry, you might find it useful.
Latest Washington State Ferries Twitter Updates
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Other Unofficial Washington State Ferries Services
Washington State Ferries RSS Feed
Once I created a Twitter feed from the Washington State Ferries Alerts and Bulletins page, it wasn't too much extra work to create an RSS feed for it. I've also posted a stripped down ferry bulletins web page you can access from most newer mobile devices.
Washington State Ferries Commuter Info
I'm working on a sophisticated mobile system that will allow ferry commuters to get real-time information about ferry vessel and loading delays. This project combines use of AIS, Google Maps, computer vision technology, and the mobile web. Please drop me an e-mail at ferries@gregoryhancock.com if you are interested in this project.