My name was pretty safe until Leo Laporte started http://army.twit.tv. Some wanker grabbed my name on me, which was a first. I've been using it for about 5 years without much in the way of conflict. - Chris Luckhardt
"I may just sign up for the I Am A PC promotion Microsoft is doing. I don't know why Apple doesn't have a Mac in this form factor, if I were Microsoft I'd promote the hell out of this baby." What's he talking about? Does MS have its own PCs now? - Gabe
If you don't find a battery for the 901 at the regular resellers (Target, New Egg, PC Connection, etc. - full list on their site), just call ASUS notebook support 1-888-678-3688 or 510-739-3777 ext. 5110. They're usually very good about helping out with spare parts. - Lora Heiny
It doesn't, of course. The major downside is that if one person requires payment, usually a competitor will be free. It drives the entire market down to zero. - Louis Gray
the interesting question here as well Louis is quality and longevity of content between the two different ideas of community. Would people be willing th be more involved and make more use of a community that they had to pay dues to belong to in contrast to one they can just walk in the doors anytime they please and then leave without any further considerations .. more curiosity on my part than anything else - Steven Hodson
Louis - while I will always agree with your statement - today I interviewed the company behind jdate - it shows that pay can work in some areas - my post will be up tomorrow with more on the topic - Allen Stern
Even if there are free competitors there are some services that people will pay to be apart of the community. - Corvida
The greater the popularity of an online service/product, the more likely one or more free alternatives can and will eventually exist. - abacab
I don't think that the existence of free alternatives automatically predicts a demise for paid services. - Corvida
I'd add the phrase "all things being equal" to abacab, Louis's and Corvida's statement. In the case of JDate and Wall Street Journal, there's a certain something (real or perceived) that's worth the extra pay behind the wall. If it were simply Yet Another SocNet, then the "why pay" criticisms would hold, I think. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Plenty of paid and nonpaid services that do more or less the same thing coexist, that's true. I think for some paid services, there are people that believe they get a higher level of attention, or a lower level of noise, or some other value-add (maybe proprietary info or features others can't legally offer), and that makes it worth it for them. I think there are also plenty of people that pay for things not realizing any free alternatives exist. - abacab
Good clarification Mark. I can agree with that. - Corvida
Agree with Mark. I'm a paid subscriber for ESPN's premium services, and have been for the WSJ for years. They offer unique content leadership. - Louis Gray
wait - get this -- jdate charges $39/month AND shows some ads to subs! - Allen Stern
Huh? Everyone knows that everything should be free! jdate must be stopped before they destroy the Web 2.0 ethos! - Jason Carreira
Supply and demand! The great part of the net is that there are many 'hobbyists' out there who aren't trying to profit off of their work. Other companies are utilizing it as a value add. That makes a typical business who's supplying the same service at a cost quite a disadvantage. To them I say, "oh well!". - Douglas Karr
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I haven't seen Twitter *anywhere* save two news articles. Other than that..on the internet. Every single person I work with I try to convince to use Twitter. They never heard of it. My family? Same thing. Friends that aren't of the geeky persuasion? Same thing. Twitter hasn't quite picked up yet. - Candace Holly
I've been terribly critical of Twitter. But I think it's breaking through to the mainstream -- and maturing as a platform. - Chris Baskind
come on scoble. mainstream means USERS not press. twitter is far from that... yet. I don't see mass media's use of it any different than myspace and facebook before it. Media attention does not mean success. Go anywhere outside of the Valley and nobody knows what Twitter is. That's not mainstream. - Patricia
I watched what's his name on CNN trying to explain Twitter just this morning. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Patricia: you and Candace really need to turn on CNN and watch for an hour. They have been talking about Twitter all day long. Also, I've seen it now discussed in hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and on more than three cable networks now. How much more does it need to "go mainstream?" - Robert Scoble
Mainstream among the tech crowd. Ask your friend who's a teacher or dentist or attorney what Twitter is and wait for the blank stare. - Brett Nordquist
it needs multiple millions of domestic users. until then, it represents under ONE percent of US internet users. not mainstream. - Jeremy Toeman
Eric: I don't know, I don't watch those. :-) - Robert Scoble
Robert, I work in entertainment, media and tech. I say, "are you on twitter?" majority say no. i love twitter, great example of the future of device agnostic communications and also how social networks will be communications/utility platforms in the future (or can be) BUT if 95% of the people i encounter have no idea what it is, it is not mainstream. It is nothing to get on the media - you should know this. You can not equate media coverage with success - or adoption. It can and is constantly manipulated by publicists, etc. - Patricia
I heard twitter mentioned on Foxnews, I was so excited. - Colide81 (James)
But ask most people what Windows Vista is and you'll also get a blank stare.. and thats definitly supposed to be mainstream by now! or ask facebook users what chat is and half of them would probably say they didnt know you could do that.. and its at the bottom of the page lol! - TheThirdEye
by the way, its okay to like twitter and root for it and it *not* be mainstream... mainstream doesn't mean "better". - Jeremy Toeman
Mainstream compared to e-mail? Facebook? MySpace? AIM? Text messaging in general? I don't think Twitter is anywhere near 1% of the U.S. population. Based on leaked numbers, I'd put them closer to 1/10 of a percent. - Mark Jaquith
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My father told me about twitter when I was at my family reunion this past summer. If HE knows about it, it's most definitely mainstream. - Prolific Programmer
@CandaceHolly Rick Sanchez, CNN presenter is on Twitter and says so on his show every few minutes. - Prolific Programmer
You are both right in a way, twitter has reached the main stream media, but has only started to penetrate main street america, none of my family or nontech friend use it. - Kim Landwehr
None, not one, zero of my non 'tech' friends has heard of (or mentioned to me at any rate), let alone uses Twitter. Of my real-world friends in technology, only two use it and neither of those is active. Facebook is where it is at for better or (more likely), worse. The situation may well be different in the US but that is my experience in the UK and Aus. - mattpovey
Speak to Tom Webster, analyst at Edison Research. Twitter penetration is very minuscule outside of tech circles. - Roxanne Darling
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Matt, I thin it's pretty much the same in the US also. Whenever I mention Twitter to non-connected friends I almost always get a blank stare. But if I say SMS, then they know what that is. - R. Alexander Spoerer
I don't think it has hit mainsteam - i don't have to explain to people what Facebook is but I sure do need when talking about twitter - Anthony Feint
Not at all. While I prefer my guy win I don;t frankly think the world will end if the "other guy" gets in. Interestingly, those ont he other side don't seem to feel the same way. The presidency as an institution is one that is held in strong checks and balances, there is a limit to how much damage can be done. - Soulhuntre
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Soulhuntre: I gotta call bull here. In the party that votes a single issue you have GOT to be kidding me. Also you hardly act rational -- this is the first I can remember. - Robert Scoble
Nope. The world will still be here Nov. 5th. - Peter Simard
If the guy I *don't* want to win does win but doesn't destroy the country, I guess that's a good thing. But I've learned to hope for the best, but expect the worst. - Victor Ganata
but Ben: if you feel you would be served the same by both I would find that to be a fascinating statement. - Robert Scoble
Robert: there's a scientific study I read a day ago where conservatives are better able to "think" like liberals but the opposite isn't as true. I have to go find that one. My preference is ALWAYS for divided government. It forces compromise and a real vetting of the issues. Give me a republican in the White House and a Democratic Congress, or vice versa (aka the Clinton years). It tends to work out best. - Ben Parr
Robert: I vote one way because of my economic beliefs. But in the end, I don't think either guy's going to drag us into unnecessary war or destroy the economy. That's why there's checks and balances, the Fed, congress, states, and citizens. - Ben Parr
Ben: well I used to be a conservative so that probably explains why I switched. - Robert Scoble
You could be a bad person but not for this thought. Though i do think "good hands" is a little questionable. The US Constitution has taken some dirty blows by the Republicans the past 8 years. That said, i think we'll all be relatively fine and the Constitution is puking blood but will live. And I doubt too many more 100's of thousands will die around the world as a result of war we allow the President to con us into. - ·[▪_▪]·
@Robert - since I am not a member of either party, nor do I vote single issues I fail to see the problem with my stance. The bit about you thinking I am irrational? Whatever, I am getting used to the drive by insults and I still like you anyway. - Soulhuntre
I wonder if we were sitting in Germany in 1931 what our stance on this question would have been. - Robert Scoble
I'd be more inclined to think the US will be is equally bad hands whichever candidate wins. They are both part of the same system. - Cameron Reilly
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Ben while I would like to think you are right, but the last 8 years have shown the opposite. We did get dragged into an unnecessary war, our economy is not healthy. We have had a divided govt for at least two yrs and there has been not only compromise but no meaningful legislation to address these key issues. - Ruth Ferguson
Soul, 1st thanks for the follow. It will be interesting how long we can bear each other...LOL. Second, frankly I am surprised, I thought you were a conservative, i.e., republican. - Ruth Ferguson
Any who believes as you do Ben is not ipso facto bad, just ill-informed. - eggsy
Ben to your original comment - I would feel a lot better, if the McCain of 2000 was the one that would govern. Given recent events, I do not feel confident of that happening. - Ruth Ferguson
You are only if you don't vote at all. - Andrew Smith
@Ruth: there's a difference between divided government with a lame duck and one without a lame duck. But McCain has been through the harshest part of war, he has perspective few have. Obama may not have that experience, but he has empathy. Our economy's not healthy, but it isn't down the crapper either - it will recover as it always does. - Ben Parr
Don't assume that McCain's perspective on war has been blunted by his experiences. If anything he appears to be even more of a hawk than GW. And it obviously hasn't even given him a more enlightened view of torture as he did not vote for a bill that would have banned the use of torture in intelligence interrogations. - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble
@Ruth - I don't tend to vote down the line for any party. I pick and chose individual candidates. I usually prefer the Republican candidate in presidential races mostly because the Republicans are more in line with my foreign policy views. I tend to agree with the dems on some social issues (abortion, gay marriage) but not others and more often than not the Repubs are closer to my views on the economy. - Soulhuntre
your comment on the economy brings another to mind. Will the economy recover or will it sink further and that is simply our American mindset of we always overcome talking. Look I work for a nonprofit where the mgmt has decided to not take rasises so we can have them, so I want to see us rebound. But I don't see a path anytime soon - comments? - Ruth Ferguson
Interesting observation AlexScoble. Speaking for the other side? I don't think the world will end if Obama is elected. Neither do most McCain supporters. - Michael Tefft
Typical comment Robert Scoble. That is all McCain supporters hear on FriendFeed. How we hardly act rational. Could say the same for you but what good would it do? - Michael Tefft
watching Bush and Rice make peace with Palestine makes me hope for either candidate as soon as possible - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Soulhuntre, I would venture that there is a difference between the ideals of a Republican economy and the reality. While things like lower taxes and slashes in spending make a good platform, it's been decades since those ideals have born fruition. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
@Ruth - My comment is that the President has relatively little direct control over the US economy. If we want to look at that then we need to look at the House and Senate as well as economic conditions world wide. I think the economy will recover over time because history has shown us it often does. I doubt either Obama or McCain will be the single handed agent of that recovery. - Soulhuntre
America needs more war and more torture, and that's what McCain/Palin can deliver - Indio Apache
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wrong Tina. imagine how bad an oil crises would of been if we had a socialist economy. I'm for socialism in a good economy where we can't lose biz - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Europe is largely socialist; their economies and their Euro seem to be doing fine. - Indio Apache
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The last time we had a 10 year period this bad was over 40 years ago. And France is what you'd probably call a socialist economy and they are doing pretty well right now what with their forward thinking in investment of nuclear power and what not. The rest of Europe probably isn't doing so hot what with their dependence on Russian oil. - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble
if the republican wins we will have a democrat controlled congress, if the democrat wins the reverse will be true....IMHO you already know who you are voting for....who out there is still undecided? really, come on is there really anyone out there who doesnt know which person they are voting for? - THAT ONE grizzled
yes but Europe is nominlistic. it is not a big federal government. socialism can work on the micro scale... but if it is instituted on a big scale it is trouble.. why not try healthcare just in NJ first? France needed to drop some of their socialist state... but I suppose we should as Loic about that. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
even Republicans like social spending if you have an economy that looks like Alaska's. honestly Grizzled Librarian... I could still change my mind. if an economy goes bad and things are controlled from the top in the hierarchy then we in deep doo doo. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Ruth: I refer to history, which is smarter than all of us. We survived the oil crisis, the great depression. Rome fell to invasion, not to bad economy. The closest you have to a superpower collapsing due to economics would be...the Ottoman empire. Heck, Britain is still around and with a lot of economic power, even after centuries of existence. - Ben Parr
History of empire is not relevant to America's purpose in the world. America's future historical relevance will be more about championing liberty, not being a superpower. It appears likely that unless we elect leaders that realize this, then we are in bad hands already... and these hands are ours. - Andrew Deal
I think social media is in danger of becoming a punch line someday :) I mean, I enjoy it - but it's pretty clear that social media and blogging need to be seen as the biased memepools they are. Then you can start getting value from them. Mark Hopkins hit it right on the head. http://is.gd/2u0x - Soulhuntre
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Ya - what is THIS? A cult? -starts humming kumbaya- - Mona N.
The most brilliant title to any post.. EVER.. how's that for jerkin ya off? :-) - Kyle Lacy
Steven, you're dancing around the truth: people outside the bubble don't need us... at all. Social media's virtue is as a way to build networks that need not (and probably can not) break out of their niche. Even on FF, what is the most common request? Improved filters. Even in this bastion of "social networking" we seek to narrow even further our niche and make it a reflection of ourselves. Onanism is not a bad metaphor. - Sprague D
Steven: how long has it been since YOU worked a manufacturing job? Or since you wrote about their needs on your blog? Seems you have figured out how to write good headlines, though. Welcome to the headline writers guild of America! :-) - Robert Scoble
The title pissed me off. The title made me read. The title served its purpose. - Michael W. May
Can someone summarize this for me in one sentence please? - ·[▪_▪]·
Typo in the title, BTW. 'Social Media' isn't a circle jerk, but the people who talk about it might verge on one. If I have a conversation with a carpenter, s/he talks about more than the tools. Even if I were a carpenter, I would be bored to tears with a co-worker who only talked about the tools we use. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Robert kiss my ass :) I've been a store owner, a hot tar roofer (which is where I permanently injured myself) a truck driver a cab driver .. and most importantly I am part of the majority you have no idea of - the living poor so I think I am quite able to talk or write the way I do. - Steven Hodson
+2 @Sprague for this riff: "Onanism is not a bad metaphor." Still, I think the (huge) opportunity is out there to find a way to make this sh*t relevant to regular folks, like mom, and your boss' secretary. So how do we, uh, stop touching ourselves and start touching others outside the echo chamber? - .LAG
Maybe it's time to just say "social media has jumped the shark" and stop writing about it - and start writing about stuff we're really interested in. - Jason Kaneshiro
Cool. I used to work on an assembly line. Sold ice cream. Delivered appliances. Was unemployed in 2002 for a time. But you didn't answer the important question: where is YOUR "outside the circle jerk" writing? - Robert Scoble
I haven't written much about social media lately. I really don't care what it is called. - Robert Scoble
I thought that was part of the point. Maybe I misinterpreted. - Michael W. May
The web is a communications infrastructure. It's not about social media but that it's designed to replace or enhance old platforms (phone, broadcast, radio) because it is less expensive, available everywhere, device agnostic and fault resistant. It is a better, cheaper and more stable system to deliver information in case of an emergency. When you see it as this, it changes the whole landscape of what will be important. - Patricia
@Robert now yer just being facetious .. there is plenty on the blog written about stuff other than social media in the 1,600+ posts - Steven Hodson
Hehe, Robert...Yeah, thankfully it's been a long while since you've blogged about Twitter. - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble
like just for the use of "Circle Jerk" in title - adolfo foronda
This line, in the last paragraph, is interesting, "They [fiends and family] are looking to us to help keep them safe and show them what the best tools are or what the worst ones are and why." I'm reminded of how I introduce the tools of social media to my immediate family members. Instead of saying, "Go start a FaceBook profile or Flickr/Picasa account," I instead start them out in a closed environment within our family tree, on the genealogy site Geni.com This allows them to manage their profiles in a totally secure space while experimenting with photo tagging, video embeds, book and movie links, discussion forums, and social networking. Once adept, I encourage them to expand outside the environment and pursue larger, more anonymous services. For both seniors and less tech-savy peers, this model for integration as worked surprisingly well. - Christopher Harley
The idea that what you or Scoble, to name two, write would even *reach* the people who "are looking to us to help" is a circle jerk in itself. Unless you're a publicized techno columnist in major media or do 2 minute segments on TV you're talking for, about and to other people just like you. - Ruud Hein
Christopher, 'fiends' was a lovely freudian slip ;-) - Sally Church
That people "don’t care about the rarified ideals of what social media might bring." is true (but should not stop others from *thinking* out loud about these things...) but it's also true that in a world where 51% of Internet users do *not* regularly use a search engine, astounding numbers of people not only not care about the ideals of soc. media: they don't care about it. Dot. - Ruud Hein
Yeah, I had my facts wrong, got this note: “@scobelizer Jan 21, 2001 you got €1.07 per US$; today you get €0.70 per US$ www.xe.com” - Robert Scoble
Robert; that's not really fair, I'm politically neutral. Look at the Euro against every currency, the EU has been very strong for the past few years. The US Dollar is in a decline but that stems from a weak economy and a lack of fiscal discipline from the government and the private sector. The price of commodities was supply & demand, you had the BRICs surge into the marketplace. It takes time for mines/refineries to up their production to cope. - Cains
Also, the Euro has only existed for a few years. It isn't the best currency to measure against as the market is always skeptical of new currencies and would be especially cautious of a multi-country one (teething issues, political squabbles over management/etc). - Cains
Cains, maybe but the same trends exist for a traditional currency like Sterling. - Sally Church
Yes, but the Sterling is linked to the Eurozone. There's no question the USD has been doing badly and a large portion of that is down to reckless borrowing (Gov & Private) and a weak economy. But the majority of commodity contracts are done in USD, during a period of growth this will sink a currency (neither the buyer or the seller hold USD, it floods the market). But the government shouldn't interfere in currency markets (I know plenty do but it distorts the system). - Cains
Cains, Well, yes and no... The UK certainly tried to peg Sterling to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1990, but that ended in tears in 1992. Like all good Brits, I'd like to think Sterling is independent and loosely pegs itself against a basket of currencies, including the Euro and Dollar. But I agree with you that the Dollar is doing poorly and Governments should be more confident in a free market system. Have often wondered if the US is printing money to keep things afloat. - Sally Church
Sterling is linked to the Euro based on trade rather that the EERM now (and good to see another Brit on FF), it's a weaker tie but the EU has played an increasing role (Gordon being the major instigator...so maybe it's not a good thing ;). US is doing the closest thing to printing money; T-Bonds. - Cains
I thought Euros weren't being exchanged until 2002? - ChiliMac
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Ah Brown, ewww, I had lost touch with what was happening under his regime after being away 10 years. He reminds me of Callaghan, it will all end in tears. I remember from economics classes that too many T-Bonds were not an especially good thing; high inflation inevitably follows. - Sally Church
Yes, I just wonder who will be crying more; Brown or the UK treasury? The amount of T-Bonds held should be a real cause for concern, when they mature there's going to be plenty of problems - Cains
What, a noisy place full of inebriated fans? Where a fight could break out at any minute? - Mark Dykeman
I am in the Hilton bar near the White House and people here are arguing about football the way we arrgue about politics or social media. - Robert Scoble
Go find a blackjack table in a non-smoking casino. That will keep you entertained for a while and you probably won't lose money too quickly. :) Or do what I do in Vegas and go around taking pictures of all the freaky stuff. - Lindsay Donaghe
Totally agree, Chris (except the smoke doesn't bother me). I usually find a cafe and play computer poker on the tabletop machine or I go online. - Jack Carlson
Sounds boring but that's not what the word is Chris - Charlie Anzman
I can't stand Las Vegas, or at least 'The Strip' spent an entire week there for a Comdex. Walked the street everyday from the MGM to the convention center (wasn't going to pay $60 for cab, 1 way). I don't gamble; b/c I know I'd never stop - though did limit myself to $200; which made it up to $5,000; then over the next 4 hours lost it all. I can go to better shows in NYC or London, for cheaper; and if you've traveled the world; Vegas seems kitsch. - clarke thomas
I haven't been yet. I hate cig smoke... stuffs me up too. :( - Carmen
that's consoling for someone who's never been there... like me :) - Parth Awasthi
I'd like to get to Vegas once. I don't gamble and do get headaches and itchy eyes from smoke. However, I'm told there are cool things there, like an indoor roller coaster and Star Trek coolness (is that still there?). I might hate an extended stay, but if I could get to CES, I'd probably have all the entertainment I need. - MiniMage LightBlueRanger
My sister in law lives in NV, and I've never bothered about going to Vegas. I'd rather explore the desert! - Ian May
you know... there's a lot of places in Vegas that aren't casinos and where there isn't smoking :) Things like specialty museums and the like. Don't drink, don't smoke, don't gamble != boring, it just equals differing vices (I'm betting you have a computer/tech addiction! ;)) - Lucretia Pruitt
first off, I LOVE vegas with almost 30% of every fiber in my being. living there...not so much. second: i LOVE the new Geeks layout and I want to know how you got the photo thingy on the top. I've been looking for something like that for our biz site and have been frustrated or underwhelmed by my options. - Faboo Mama
Btw,gambling math is related to Universe one.Knotty problem. - Igor Poltavskiy
faboo.. you might want to check out plogger, I used it for my gf's portfolio at www.pissheadnerds.com/kimclarke - alphaxion
Sin city. I don't gamble there either but the neon and the photography there are stunning. I've still got many many photo trips to Vegas to go. Someday I'd like to photograph the dark underside of the city. Every now and then it slips out. Here's my Vegas shots to date: http://www.flickr.com/photos/t... - Thomas Hawk
@l0ckergn0me) Dude, sounds like you should be in Florida with the retirees already! - Slippy Lane
You have to give it up to Vegas. Just imagine you are a space traveller who has landed on a new planet. Spend a little (well a lot) to see at least one of the Cirque shows. Walk and galk. Take pictures. Catalog the ways you feel superior or incompatible with Vegas. It's all good. - Michael Hussein Markman
cirque du soleil makes it worth the trip - Gregory Lent
i'm the same way chris - i find vegas depressing really - mike "glemak" dunn
thanks for the tip alphaxion, i'll check it out. - Faboo Mama
vegas is disgusting and shouldn't even exist. what idiot decided to move hundreds of thousands of people to the desert. it's doomed. - Baratunde Thurston
Ewww, never been in a Vegas casino, but if they allow smoking, I'll never even visit that city. - Mike Reynolds
WOW, that some major following...cool! - Susan Beebe
Mike - that's bigger than the distribution of many main stream publications - more impressive if TC's readership will keep growing. Trad'l pubs will keep dying. - Aaron Strout
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Congratulations Mike, Heather and the entire TechCrunch team. - Austin Hill
And the best part is Michael's screen shot shows 1,024 not 1,000. That's geek knowledge. - Louis Gray
Or maybe that's just how many clicks it takes to get to read a damn article. (RSS it ain't - unless it stands for Reeling-in Suckers to the Site) - Christopher Galtenberg
Duncan, i am completely with you...it's beyond ridiculous. It's an abomination. I am truly shocked. - Zee from WeDoCreative
Hmm so all I have to do is make a twitter clone.. - Mo Kargas
i mean, that's the most innovative potential succesful startup out there?? They've really let themselves down here.. Plus, have they even socialcast.com ??? - Zee from WeDoCreative
Wait til I come up with a twitter-clone for non-profits. TC50 2009 will be mine! - Kevin Bondelli
Don't diss it till you try it. It's a working, improved Twitter with a business model. - Hao Chen
I've tried it, it's good but absolutely no way in hell the most remarkable startup there. - Zee from WeDoCreative
So no innovation wins - huh? Guess you had to be there??? - Sean Kelly
I mean, i don't even think it's worth discussing frankly or even debating. It's shocking that twitter for the enterprise is supposedly the best startup out there at the moment. - Zee from WeDoCreative
it works because you don't need the shit to scale in a 10-person SOHO. Seriously, there are already plenty of ways to chat and leave status in the corporate space. I mean, hell, fire up a damn identi.ca clone, use the rogue jabber server your IT guys are almost certainly already running, or that irc server, or whatever. This is a big loser, imo... They might as well have given the award to Kutcher's group for "dude with the hottest and most famous wife here." - abacab
+1 Zee and that is the exact point. Hao, it might be a good twitter clone, but if this is the most innovative thing at the conference, the industry is completely and utterly screwed - Duncan Riley
What about Swype... that seemed pretty impressive... or did everyone not like it bc Scoble did? btw i think yapper / yammer -- whatever it's called, is a total flop. - Brandon
@Gregory Fitbit, otherinbox, popego, Swype - just a few potentials. - Zee from WeDoCreative
could have been a final slap against twitter .. they called it twitter with a business plan .. very cool that they ustreamed it ... thanks for that - Gregory Lent
otherinbox: unimpressed. just use spamgourmet. Basically the same thing. fitbit...depends on the accuracy of the device; devices of that type are notoriously unreliable. $100 price point almost screams "ehh quality". popego...eh. Swype... 'quick' is an awfully easy demo word, isn't it? Another wait-and-see imo. - abacab
Fitbit was at least something different. Swype offers the same feature as an iPhone plugin I already have :-) also, they didn't buy their own .com address...very dumb - Duncan Riley
Fitbit does strike me as a bit of a rehashed idea, too, but at least one that took a little more effort than copying and pasting a webpage into Dreamweaver, say, and changing a few things around. - abacab
coulda been footnote, classmates.com for the dead :-) - Gregory Lent
closet couture could have legs ... the market includes guys who don't know what to buy for sweetie - Gregory Lent
the point being though - for me, it completely ruins the excitement of ever putting forward a startup and maybe winning TC50 or maybe they'll be up into the thousands by then. A twitter for enterprise just does not cut it. - Zee from WeDoCreative
Ahh Zee, don't be like that. I think if your idea is sound and you're dedicated you'll beat any number of twitter clones. - Mo Kargas
