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Chris O'Brien

Chris O'Brien

I'm a business and technology columnist at the San Jose Mercury News. And I'm manager of The Next Newsroom Project.
RT @MacDivaONA: Facing job cuts, Sandra Mims Rowe, editor of Portland Oregonian, lays off herself first. http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregoni... (via @underoak)
Welcome to Twitter, @ericschmidt.
First up: "Google Wave sucked." RT @rww: Top 10 Failures of 2009 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Listen up, Silicon Valley: RT @howardowens: Building real biz isn't about dot com fantasies of exits. It's about digging in for long term.
SFGate story (which quotes @jeffjarvis) on Google's reputation: @enderle: "Google has become incredibly heavy-handed." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
RT @lazysupper: The CrunchPad Saga Continues with no retort from @TechCrunch http://www.engadget.com/2009... (via @engadget)
@josheinstein Problem with skype: Zero synergy with eBay. Mostly a distraction. And wonder if it prevented skype from reaching potential?
RT @markstencel: Spot.US's @Digidave: giving to NPR can feel like "throwing money over a fence and hoping it lands on good journalism" #kdmc
RT @markstencel: Spot.US's @Digidave: giving to NPR can feel like "throwing money over a fence and hoping it lands on good journalism" #kdmc
eBay + millions in tax incentives = Utah expansion. Cost for state so far: $26,000 per job: http://www.sltrib.com/busines...
At this point, I'm just hoping there's not a Tiger Woods sex tape out there somewhere.
@heraisesthebar @kyigit @AssignmentDesk1 Isn't there always one nowadays?
Whitman testifies eBay wanted to buy Craigslist, but settled for 28 percent stake. http://www.mercurynews.com/twitter...
@taylorbuley I've already forgotten in...;) Remind me: Why shouldn't I forget it?
RT @davewiner: I reserve the right to change my mind, but the realtime stuff from Google seems like hype to me, not much substance.
Guess deals were not the strength of GOP candidate Meg Whitman: Skype, Craigslist, Billpoint. On plus side: PayPal.
Indeed, how could one forget? RT @taylorbuley: StumbleUpon: Another Whitman deal to gripe about, of course.
Whoa. Now here's an interesting job: Twitter is hiring someone to do biz dev with media companies: http://sanfrancisco.areastartups.com/job...
@jayrosen_nyu If you find out about Farmville for news, let me know so I can stop them. Farmville,Mafia Wars are ruining facebook for me.
And speaking of jobs: RT @mediatwit: Got call from major media site looking for managing editor. Anyone interested?
Has google stopped innovating? RT @atul: RT @danielbru Aardvark Mulls Over A $30+ Million Offer From Google http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... $GOOG
RT @heathr: RT @jeffjarvis: Latest This Week in Google -a fun one- is up. W/@leolaporte, @ginatrapani, @heathr (Gold): http://twit.tv/twig19
RT @ScottKirsner: The most important op-ed of 2009, by Brad Feld (@bfeld) and P. Kedrosky, on immigration+innovation http://online.wsj.com/article...
Q: If you could start over: Would you put ads on Wikipedia? Seems not to bother folks on Wikia. #fotf
RT @danielbachhuber: Listening to ninety minutes of @jayrosen_nyu talking about journalism's changing ecosystem. http://scienceblogs.com/clock...
And that's the end of @jimmy_wales talk. Good stuff. G'night twitter. #fotf
@jimmy_wales: There are different spheres of life where ads make sense. I don't want to see ads in the encyclopedia. #fotf
Q: Thank you for destroying my social life. But many tools are still too complex. How much of your mental RAM does that take up? #fotf
@jimmy_wales: That said, is stable numbers a problem? I'm not sure. #fotf
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