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Maybe, but they had better act fast. The industry should band together to subsidize a Kindle-like device or maybe the Kindle itself and make that the primary distribution mechanism. Also, get smarter about live news updates via SMS, Twitter or iPhone push app of some kind. Finally, incorporate more user generated content from local bloggers.

as I have said to my other podshow friends who have recently been dropped, congrats.

Hey we have a product everyone wants on a platform that nobody has anymore. Nice jobs guys. There are about 20 geeks who will be happy to use the app.

Didn't Dave Winer claim he was going to retire too? More elitist bullshit.

I don't like Plurk. Just another pretty face and not all that pretty really. I'll take functionality over style any day.

I use both but I think it's about critical mass. Twitter has the critical mass of users, so no matter how disgruntled they are, it's very hard to move when all your friends are on Twitter. Making a mass move of a great number of people all at once is probably not going to happen. As popular as Facebook has become for many, Myspace still has many more users because they have critical mass, especially among a certain demographic market.

what other experts is she going to blow off during her presidency? This is the kind of bull headed thinking that got us where we are now with Bush.

We new media types love to tell the old media how much they aren't in control anymore. This is a dynamic medium. User generated content, mashups, ect. Why should we expect any less for our own content. But it's getting a little crazy out there. In some ways, Friend Feed is an aggregator of aggregation. Co Comment is the nearest I have seen thus far to keep track of all the different places comments can happen in.

Andrew certainly has the right to sell his account and others have a right to stop following. I think what really matters is what you're buying. You are buying Andrew's audience as would be the same with any other media property. Did I just say Twitter is a media property? In this case, yes. The buyer had better understand the audience and the reasons they follow Andrew. If they can deliver something that matches that need, than it's a good deal for everybody. If they do not, people will leave and it's a big waste of money. You can buy a mailing list too, but shotgunning content and promotion to that list is very old marketing thinking. I hope people don't fall into the same old marketing tricks using new technology. There are new dynamics at work here and the old tricks won't work. It's still about engagement and trust and the conversation. There is no inherent value in buying a Twitter account with 1,000 followers in it.

I think the avatar is important. I have had people I meet at conferences for the fist time say they recognize me or think they already know me from somewhere. It's all because of a good, consistent photo. It's a piece of branding. I have not changed my photo much but now I find myself taking more pictures of myself in search of that perfect photo that I really like for my avatar.

Thus is the real downside with Apple retaining so much control over the iPhone. They'll tell me what I want on my iPhone dammit and I'll like it. Well, F you Apple, I want F'ing Flash on my F'ing iPhone. I couldn't care what kind of pissing match your having with Adobe. I see no technical reason why Flash shouldn't work fine on an iPhone. It ain't F'ing rocket science. F!

The Web, is it everything you hoped for so far? What are your biggest hopes and fears for the web in the next 10 years?

Love this idea of more focused and smaller camps. Also, the idea of just a few large, regional camps would be good. Like, Boston, California, Chicago, and Texas maybe.

I agree it's probably too early to judge, but wow, those guys have absolutely *no* Steve Jobs mojo. Steve J could present a steaming pile of poo on a plate and make you want it more than anything you've ever wanted. Reminds me of what a friend used to say about HP marketing. That they would sell sushi as cold, wet fish.

Google has actually never had good marketing. They have cool, interesting apps and alot of fanboys.

My Leopard is working great. No problems whatsoever. I *love* quicklook. No way in hell I would go back to Windows, not for anything. I'd rather go Linux.

Yes! Podcast support please. I am an avid podcast listener an producer. This will do nothing but help your business anyway.

David Jacobs

The Connected World
Rock and Roll Jew Show
Some Dude From California

Don't know what this really means for Facebook yet, but one thing is for sure, it's a great thing for users. It's great to see so many high profile companies embracing this. The momentum will most likely be so strong behind this, Facebook is going to have to play along.

Your videos are long and boring for the most part. That's not to say the topics are boring, but I think you would benefit from tightening things up. Having real people present is very "new media" and there are benefits to that, but there is also something to be said for people who know how to present well. Just because it's new media and more unscripted doesn't mean it can't be well produced.

Ha, ha. Scoble leave Microsoft and Ballmer gets a great idea. Hey, we should buy a bunch of Web 2.0 stuff. Glad I thought of that...

Regardless, I'm still not convinced Microsoft knows what they're doing in the web 2.0 space. Just because you buy a formula 1 car, doesn't mean you know how to dive it.

Correct Infinity Pro, it's all about critical mass and right now Twitter has it. As technology people we need to learn out lesson, more features doesn't mean better. Apple creates products that people love, but they don't generally have as many raw features as Microsoft products. People don't want all the features, they want something that works really well. I could teach my mom to use Twitter, I'm not so sure about Jaiku.

I don't believe the Facebook killer tech Google will roll out Nov 5. It will most likely be very interesting and helpful to all social networks, maybe even Facebook, but from what I've seen of Orkut so far, they've got nothing on Facebook yet.

Google is looking a little more like Microsoft every day; bigger, slower, more confused. Even in the online app space, Zoho is outdoing Google in several ways.

I don't want to hear from any MS pr flack. I would much rather hear from a fanboy. Does the Zune have fanboys? :)

anytime anyone says they have a "xxx killer", you know their full of it. Much more interesting than anything Verizon is going to do, is what Google is going to do. Those guys have the moxie and smarts to actually do something really interesting.

I never got the memo on the "rules". I'll do what the hell I like on Twitter and if you don't like it, don't follow me.

Confidence is like magic, yet can be elusive. Even without all the skills or training you might need, with enough confidence you can make a way. And even with all the skills and training you need, a lack of confidence can shut you down. I think confidence has a lot to do with faith because it's about knowing when you can't really know.