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Thursday, November 01, 2012

Facebook Trouble For Craig's List

English: Photo of Craig Newmark. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If you can bring the Craig's List flea market feel and to that add the Facebook social graph, you could eat Craig's List's lunch. And that would be sad. Because a lot of us have long used Craig's List for many odd purposes.

Craig Newmark probably wishes Facebook had had a better IPO.

But I don't see Craig's List going away. Wordpress beats Blogger. Disqus beats Facebook Comments. Craig's List has not innovated in a long time. Now there might be some incentive.

Facebook may take on Craigslist with a new Marketplace section

all the classified listings would have the ability to target people based on your own social circle and geography

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

If You Are Twitter

Of course you are looking at the Facebook IPO.

Avoiding Facebook Fate Is Twitter CFO Goal on Way to IPO

Saturday, October 06, 2012

Dick Costolo Was A Standup Comedian

But you knew that.

A Master of Improv, Writing Twitter’s Script

Mr. Dorsey’s role has since been reduced after employees complained that he was difficult to work with and repeatedly changed his mind about product directions. He no longer has anyone directly reporting to him, although he is still involved in strategic decisions.

Mr. Dorsey declined to comment on how people feel about working with him. But, in a statement, he said he considered Mr. Costolo to be one of Twitter’s founders. “He’s had a dramatic impact on the company and the culture,” Mr. Dorsey said. “He’s questioned everything we started with and made it better.”

Mr. Costolo says he looks to Mr. Dorsey for ideas and sometimes has to pull them out of him. Although Mr. Dorsey is a regular on the media circuit, appearing on CNN, as well as “Charlie Rose” and other programs, he tends to be quiet in meetings.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Power Couple

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer Attempting To Recruit Katie Stanton From Twitter

Marissa Mayer, so far so good. As for Katie Stanton, first time I am hearing the name. There is this line in the movie Heat: "First time we are seeing him."

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

The Twindex

Twitter users might not be a good representation of the larger American electorate. But the real time insights might be invaluable. There might not be another place for it. It might be a great place to gauge public reaction to the debates, for example.

Twitter Unveils the Twindex, a New Political Index

monitors hundreds of millions of Twitter messages ..... election.twitter.com ..... In the last election, Twitter users sent 1.8 million messages on the day of the election. Today, with people sending 400 million messages on a typical day, that represents a little over six minutes of Twitter volume.

For now looks like Obama has been widening his lead.