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