@elbows ... this is why I am using a "spreadsheet" broken down by location versus date/time. I started by making a list of the 20 biggest Libyan cities. I am currently trying to work out where the various Tripoli suburbs are located. Yesterday I spent a few hours trying to work out where all the Libyan military bases were located, how many of the various battalions (eg. infantry/armoured/air defence etc.) existed (for example all sources state 10 tank battalions with about 400-500 operational tanks, but it is hard to work out how these are distributed around the country. In other words, rather than simply wait around for news, I am trying to be proactive. For example my spreadsheet as at least five large cities listed with nothing reported on twitter/AJE/BBC/etc, although it might just mean I have to search a bit harder because they haven't been getting much attention.
So rather than passively soaking up every single bit of raw data / comment /rumour being posted by people and just hoping something coherent will emerge, better to actively search for key bits of information, to ask specific questions, to have your own way of structuring things (for example in the Egyptian context some people chose to focus on labour/workers/industrial action and therefore paid more attention to Port Suez, instead of just Tahrir Square).
