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Re: Creative destruction … Google slayed by the Notificator?

marykathleenflynn — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:13:02 -0000

Hi John,

Great analysis of video search and real-time search in the Now Web. It will be fascinating indeed to see what Google does -- and of course what Twitter does now that it has Summize! -- with search.

I'm sure you have no dearth of topic ideas.....but I want to suggest one for you anyway. I'd love to get your thoughts on why the Now Web in general and Twitter in particular is such a great medium for community building.

Someone I interviewed the other day described Twitter as being good at "lead gen" -- it might have been Jesse Engle from Co-tweet, not sure, but anyway, I thought, "That's it. Lead gen is exactly one of the ways I use Twitter." As a journalist, for me it generates leads for stories and sources -- which is really all about becoming immersed in a community.

I liken my hanging out with folks with Andy Weissman and you on Twitter as akin to Roslaind Russell's character in His Girl Friday, where she plays a city reporter who's always hanging out at the courthouse above the jail to be near her sources.

I think the immediacy -- the Now Web aspect -- is a huge part of why Twitter is good at communities in a way I find superior to Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

I bet you could do a great job of articulating why.

All the best, Mary Kathleen Flynn, Senior Editor/Senior Video Producer, The Deal

Re: hacking education

marykathleenflynn — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:52:58 -0000

Alex,

I'd love to know what you think of this video Fred Wilson and his partners Brad Burnham and Albert Wenger at Union Square Ventures did with us for The Deal's Behind the Money video show about their ideas on "hacking education:"

http://bit.ly/4y4kcl

Regards,
Mary Kathleen Flynn, Senior Editor/Senior Video Producer, The Deal,
email: mflynn@thedeal.com
Twitter: @MKFlynn

Re: betaworks

marykathleenflynn — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:00:14 -0000

I know the feeling:

I "stalked" Fred for a year to get this video interview:

http://bit.ly/1h4R8O

He was a very good sport!

Re: louisgray.com: Blogs' Never-Ending Battle of Page Views vs. Conversation

marykathleenflynn — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:58:10 -0000

I'm with you, Louis.

My favorite thing about being a technology reporter is "engaging in conversations about technology, trends, and business, and providing commentary, while learning from smart folks around the Web," as you put it.

The last six weeks I've been having an amazing time interviewing interesting people about the new immediacy in online communications, what John Borthwick of Betaworks calls the "Now Web."

In addition to Borthwick and his Betaworks co-founder Andy Weissman, I've talked with Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson, Twitter's Biz Stone, FriendFeed's Paul Buchheit and Seesmic's Loic LeMeur.

If you're interested, check out my stories based on those interviews at
http://www.thedeal.com/tech...

Okay, that was a shameless plug.

But how else to continue the conversation? :)

Regards,
Mary Kathleen Flynn
Senior Editor/Senior Video Producer
The Deal & Tech Confidential

Re: FriendFeed working on a new RSS supplement to speed up data retrieval

marykathleenflynn — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:32:10 -0000

MG,

Yes, SUP is an extension to RSS that speeds it up -- not an alternative as my original hed said.

I've since clarified -- polite word for corrected:
http://www.thedeal.com/tech...

It will be interesting to see if Twitter makes the XMPP direct feeds available to more services....

Cheers, MK