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
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
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
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
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