What the hell is wrong with the word Tweet? I'm running out of pre-printed legal letters. - Leo Laporte

Twitpic should definitely implement this zoom feature! - Kris

Haha, so true! @leo - Sam Houston

Leo, ask Biz - http://blog.twitter.com/2009... - Mike White

♥ - meg colombo

Leo is the Twit master, don't you know. How about smile at the BirdySnap instead - Eran Even-Kesef

Or maybe use something original and more generic, like "social", or "stream", or "micro" - Jesse Stay

I can't wait for Trademark wars to ensue and when Leo and Iain from TweetDeck all go after Twitter for infringement of *their* trademarks :-) Then what will happen to all these "Twit" and "Tweet" apps when Twitter has to change their name? - Jesse Stay

Leo: I think a lot of these guys are going to run into trademark issues. If not with you, then Twitter itself. I'll say more in a post later today. - Robert Scoble

we can still say "twat". right? - Mike White

Robert, I think TweetDeck has a trademark claim as well - they were using "Tweet" before even Twitter - Jesse Stay

@Leo, you just can't catch a break... :-( - Joey Gibson

I'm surprised "twit" is defendable as a trademark in the context. IANAL. - David Aronchick

Oh, now I get it: Twitter's new business model is suing developers who are using twit or tweet in their apps. Great! - Kris

I don't want my stuff EVERYWHERE! I'm sticking with Flickr and Youtube. It seems to be working fine for me with my new iPhone. - Hummie

Domains are getting so hard to find... We use these words to help describe our new-fangled services, we need them! ;) Using tweet/twitter/etc lets a user know instantly that it's associated with Twitter, something that I think they need to know. - Colin

Colin, I think it's a mistake to just limit your app to Twitter - leave room to expand in the future. Just my $.02... - Jesse Stay

I think there are advantages and disadvantages to focusing on a service, and focusing on connectivity between many services. - Colin

i think flickr is a killer for them, but http://twitvid.com is great for videos - Gaith

Gaith: Twitvid ripped off twitio, which is why I didn't include them in the list. - Robert Scoble

How so Scoble? - Colin

Colin: the founders of Twitvid.io explained to me personally how Twitvid.com ripped off their design, their idea, and is run by a venture backed group of five people. I hate it when that happens. - Robert Scoble

Lots more on the rip off here: http://www.google.com/search... - Robert Scoble

Hmph, sucks I guess - Colin

Colin, advantage or not, you've still got Trademark to deal with (Twitter, TweetDeck, TWiT.tv, etc. all have a responsibility to defend their trademarks, and WILL fight it in court if they're to maintain those trademarks). Not only that, but you risk Twitter themselves changing their name if they get bought by another company, or completely going under. To me naming your company after Twitter (which is what you're doing) is a HUGE risk. - Jesse Stay

Life can be risky sometimes I guess, I accept it. I enjoy developing on Apple's iPhone, and on Twitter. - Colin

Afternoon all, so who are we suing? - Iain Dodsworth

Colin: it's a stupid strategy to use someone else's trademark knowingly. If you get sued the legal bills to SUCCESSFULLY defend it could put you in bankruptcy. And if you are unsuccessful it gets far worse. Pick an original name. It's not THAT hard. - Robert Scoble

Iain: I wanna meet up next week in London. Wanna get together? (Iain is founder of TweetDeck). Love the iPhone app! - Robert Scoble

Robert: bugger...that's some amazing timing - I was hoping to catch up with you, I'll be in SF all week. Glad you like the iPhone app, lots of room for improvement but it's only v1.0 and gives an indication what we're up to :) - Iain Dodsworth

I don't understand how this is an issue. TWiT, Twitter, tweet, etc... Perhaps I'm missing something. - Jason Hansen

I want my users to know that my applications are for Twitter, that's almost the first thing I want them to know when they read the title. - Colin

Robert: also sorry to have missed you in NY the other week, things were crazy with 2 product launches - Iain Dodsworth

Iain: grrr. When do you get here? - Robert Scoble

try videotweet.com - Bala Menon from IM

Iain how long are you in New York for? - Jesse Stay

Robert: plane lands in SF Tuesday 9pm - Iain Dodsworth

Iain: can we meet Sunday? in London? - Robert Scoble

Hey Jesse, I was in NY for the 140conf now back in London - Iain Dodsworth

Robert: Sunday in London would be somewhat difficult (it's my birthday and have some things going on at home) - BUT I'll be spending the summer in the valley so we can definitely get together then (a few weeks time) - Iain Dodsworth

Iain if you end up in the New England area (New York, Boston, etc) I'll be there for a whole month starting in a week. Would love to catch up some time. - Jesse Stay

Iain: OK, let's get together when you're in the valley. - Robert Scoble

Robert: good - I'll let you know when I'm there...apologies if this is cheeky - but is there a particularly good place to base myself whilst there...Menlo Park, Redwood City, Palo Alto ??? - Iain Dodsworth

Jesse: sounds good - if I get over to the east coast I'll definitely let you know, would be good to meet up - Iain Dodsworth

Iain: Twitter is in San Francisco. Facebook is in Palo Alto. FriendFeed is in Mountain View. So, depends where you want to spend most of your time and what you can afford to rent. If funds are unlimited, I'd say San Francisco. More to do at night there. - Robert Scoble

BTW, Facebook explicitly states in their developer terms no app is to include the name "Face" in its name. You'll be banned from their platform if you're caught. I expect Twitter eventually to do the same (although they are very slow at such moves!) - Jesse Stay

Give them HELL Leo. - Gunny Just Gunny

I like MobyPicture :) - simone brunozzi

Shouldn't Leo's world be more like T.W.I.T.? Like T.W.I.B. for This Week In Baseball. I'm just saying... - Tony Vota from iPod

Scobleizer, welcome back to FriendFeed, and you're wrong about there being too many photo sharing services: http://friendfeed.com/brlewis... :-) - Bruce Lewis

@LeoLaporte Didn't you start Twitter anyway? I thought TWIT and Twitter were one in the same lol - Justin DeMerchant