Nick Bostic

"Appove" - Nick Bostic

"This was a fairly predictable move after everything that’s been happening over the last several months. If they control SERP’s and now a ton of Yelp reviews, my next prediction is that Gowalla or Foursquare will start to integrate those reviews, at least as an option. I know in my neck of the woods, “friend” reviews on those social geo-games are fairly limited, I would love to see Yelp in there too. Keep your eyes on the data, if someone else has it, Google probably wants it. And buying Yelp is a heck of a lot easier than trying to roll their own at this point." - Nick Bostic

"Ooops, just saw the no 3G on AT&T, makes this pretty worthless for me :(" - Nick Bostic

"I don't get the no multitouch part. I'm not super-familiar with Android, so is that a spec that is new or problematic or nonexistent? It's one of my favorite aspects of my iPhone and it would be hard to go without. I'll be interested to see what unsubsidized pricing is because I actually like AT&T service where I am." - Nick Bostic

"I couldn't agree more regarding being succinct. Working in Corporate America, I see long, rambling emails constantly, whereas the people I know who use Twitter can keep their emails concise as well. I think Twitter & Facebook have similar SNR issues, but similar solutions. On Twitter, I unfollow the auto-bots and report the spammers. On Facebook, I create lists and block applications. I'll be interested to see how the Facebook privacy rules play out, I definitely think there has been more hype than truth surrounding the changes recently. My information is still just as private as it was 2 months ago. But I also don't think Mark Zuckerberg really cares about the users and will make whatever changes he sees fit and if we don't like it we can go to MySpace. Twitter & Facebook have their places and that's why I'm on both. Hopefully, the next generation of SCUBA professional who join Twitter won't just use it as a soapbox, but as a conversation tool." - Nick Bostic

"SCUBA! I'm sure you've seen the people I'm referring to (heck, I threw SCUBA! in there at the beginning just as an example of someone, a bot, who will RT this comment). Yes, sometimes just passing it along is enough. I know you and Clint and a few others use the RT in a real, genuine way, but most of the people I see in the SCUBA industry on Twitter don't. I too go on unfollow frenzies at times." - Nick Bostic