business How Did Gnip Get The Twitter Deal? I get asked this question a surprising number of times, so I'm going to try answering it here in hopes of killing multiple future birds with one stone. The question comes in the "hey, can I pick your brain for thirty minutes" form, and winds up
apple Twitter, Apple & The Most Profound Namespace Network Effect Since The Dawn Of Man I've blogged about my feelings regarding the utterly dismal state of authentication on the network, and client-side, today [/2010_11_01_archive]. It's a pain we've all, sadly, just accept. It's also a pain that will soon, partially, go away on iOS
psychology Facebook vs. Twitter I was having a conversation with someone the other day about Facebook vs. Twitter as "reach" platforms within the context of advertising. I was about to send this to them via email, but thought it might make for good blog fodder. We were comparing how many people had
twitter Twitter: Niche Advertising That Actually Works Advertising is all about getting information about a company/product/service in front of a demographically appropriate audience to tease them into spending money on said product/service. When everyone used to spend most of their time in front of a live broadcast television, television ads were used to convey
summize It's all in the timing. Some good friends of mine started a company called Summize [http://summize.com/] a couple years or so ago. It's comprised of a few of the top search/math/algorithm brains on planet Earth. I'd argue they have the highest ratio of search genius to employee
