Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Twitter is not a Media Company

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sounds like he went out of his way last night at All Things D to say that Twitter is not a Media company.  Sure it is.


me·di·a

1   [mee-dee-uh]  Show IPA
noun
1.
a plural of medium.
2.
usually used with a plural verb the means ofcommunication, as radio and television,newspapers, and magazines, that reach orinfluence people widely: The media are covering thespeech tonight.






Groupon vs. WSJselect

This just hit my inbox.

The Wall Street Journal is joining Google and everyone else invading Groupon's deal turf.

Groupon's market cap makes no sense to me.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Phone Stacking

This fad has some redeeming qualities, not the least of which is keeping some attention whores from broadcasting what they're eating/drinking.

It's not going to last, though.