DISQUS

You're absolutely right. Twitter is all about the instant. Even if I use it to share links, I try to post the most interesting ones to my blog with a relevant comment.

Quite funny, Robert Scoble posted an article "If you are laid off, here’s how to socially network[1]" about how to use your blog as a resume to find a new job. Twitter is clearly not the right place for that.

[1] http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/12/if-you-are-lai...

Congratulations guys! It works really well. Exactly what I needed

Hi Vincent,



I totally understand your frustration and I went through this tons of time.



This is exactly what make me switch to a Mac, I simply couldn't afford to spend so many time fixing my computer (and friend's one).



The thing is, the world of PC has become too complex; too many different components and too many companies and no one "owning" the device.



The openness of the PC was its strength but it's now it major flaw — and it's totally out of control.

I've noticed the same thing. When I'm this situation I try to keep me active by commenting on other's blogs. Generally it helps to get out of the write block.

Hi Sylvain,

That's funny because I've just reborned a "linklog" on my blog (I'm not using Google Reader) for the exact same reasons.

I don't always have the time to write a deep article on the stuff I read, but I have enough time to quote and link.

Like you, I think it's better to share those on your own blog instead of doing it through an external service where it get lost.

See you.

Excellent! :)

That's awesome and that's a big win for the Seesmic team. Congrats to all of them.

Well, Twitter has definitely improved but it still went down during the iPhone SDK announcement.

Hi Cecil,



Thanks for the nice words, very appreciated. :)



The webapp shows only a small part of our technology. I'm also working on a full desktop version that would allow you to create more interesting movies. My vision is: GarageBand for Movies.



@jeremy — the startup ecosystem is quite young but very active. We have a lots of conferences like Barcamp, StartupcampMontreal or Yulbiz.



I was at the premiere of StartupcampMontreal last week and it was great. Lots of interesting startup and VC. Some of the startups there also demoed at DEMO.

Twitter is lucky — even with all its outage, it is still loved by its community — but its too bad to have it down during events like DEMO. Having conversations with people back there is amazing.

I don't know exactly what's their problem with their infrastructure but they definitely need help.

If they need money, why don't they request donations? I'll be happy to give them some bucks.

Congratulations Ben and to your team, the website is gorgeous.

Good luck with the presentation Ben, I'm sure you'll do great.

Thanks Ben for links, very good advices.

I've been experiencing writer's block several time, probably because I focus too much on "deep" posts instead of informative posts. Unfortunately, this kind of post requires a lot of energy of analysis; sometime the task is just too big and I end up procrastinating.

I should break my thoughts and post small but more often. :)

I don't get the point with these kind of software. Google should rather have bought Delicious (now part of Yahoo!).

Thanks Cecil for pointing out these articles. That's very interesting reading.



Management is harder than we imagine especially because you'll have to deal with the human nature while keeping a team together.



Most people are really not prepared.

Excellent review, Cecil.

You learned a lot, young Jedi. :)

I've never met Loic but I do like its entrepreneurship spirit, something French people hate and I guess he left France for that.

The number of hate comments he received on his blog when he announced he was about to leave was just disgusting and unacceptable.

That's also a part of why I left and I wanted meet more creative and willing people. In that regard, the Valley is an heaven, so much gatherings, so many conferences, so many pationate people.

Anyway, being in Montreal is already a big step! :)

Ben, I believed you and though you were actually leaving... and I was not that surprised.

The Valley looks so great from the outside. One of our famous blogger in France (Loic le Meur) is going to move there; he tried hard to build a strong startup community in France but the voice of sirens were obviously too strong.

Like you, I believe we can succeed outside the valley but this it is a very hard work and it looks so easy in the Valley that it's sometime frustrating.

Hi Kristen,

Thank you for your review.

Best.

You should automate the process :) I guess that accepting all these invitations takes some time and pollute all your email.

You're right about the trust you have in your friends is different from the one you need in business.

I had hard experiments working with friends. Because of this friendship they were lacking commitments and I end up being very disappointed.

It's not easy to find the people with the will and discipline to start a business with you.

I'm glad you found out. :)

I have to admit that the application looks great, it slides and fades smoothly, but I'm a bit dissapointed that it also looks so Mac-ish! Is it really the only thing Vista developers will produce? A copy of Apple and Mac apps?

If we think about it, iTunes was one of the first modern RIA with the Music Store.

Bah.