Some tech writers out there are complaining today because Yammer won the TechCrunch50 and, in their minds, is a blatant ripoff of Twitter. ...Yeah, and? Yammer is a useful and cool product. I do not side with these folks. Okay, yeah, it looks a hell of a lot like Twitter. But, it was an internal tool first, so you can't really blame them for some resemblance. More importantly, are you guys really worried about Yammer stealing Twitter's pie? Twitter has enough problems to worry about with their massive consumer popularity. Trust me, Twitter's management is a hell of a lot more worried about keeping their service up than they are about tackling the enterprise.
Yammer/Geni did a great job adapting the micro-blogging idea to the enterprise. Let them bask in their success. As a guy who has used enterprise wikis before, this is a needed solution - far too many existing tools are just too heavy and cumbersome. I hope Benioff buys this thing for a ton.
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
What do you think THIS does to a guy's ego?
Kevin Rose seems like a pretty good dude. I've watched DIGGNATION. I've seen him at a Crushpad event. I like the Apple rumors he likes to propagate. Bottom line - he seems nice enough.
But, holy smokes: www.twitter.com/kevinrose. 62,345 followers! Are you f-ing kidding me??? I mean, that's larger than the population of the city of Palo Alto (roughly 61,200). And, no kidding, every time you hit refresh the count goes up. Basically, there is a small town of Americans follow Kevin Rose's every twitter tweet. What do you think that does to a dude's ego? Shit, if I had 62,000 followers, I'd probably start demanding sacrifices or something. I mean, that's definitely enough people to do some damage. "Bow down to Tekno, little man! Now go turn over that car." ...Seriously though, call me old fashion, but that's a lot of people tuning in to what Kevin just had for lunch. It's pretty insane.
This whole tech celebrity phenomena is an interesting one - for many reasons. But this statistic just fascinates me. Twitter enables an incredible form of voyeurism. And, it is equally incredible that so many people are into it.
Tekno needs a twitter page, although my life may not be as exciting as Kevin Rose's. My lunch options are not nearly as interesting.
By the way, 62,348.
But, holy smokes: www.twitter.com/kevinrose. 62,345 followers! Are you f-ing kidding me??? I mean, that's larger than the population of the city of Palo Alto (roughly 61,200). And, no kidding, every time you hit refresh the count goes up. Basically, there is a small town of Americans follow Kevin Rose's every twitter tweet. What do you think that does to a dude's ego? Shit, if I had 62,000 followers, I'd probably start demanding sacrifices or something. I mean, that's definitely enough people to do some damage. "Bow down to Tekno, little man! Now go turn over that car." ...Seriously though, call me old fashion, but that's a lot of people tuning in to what Kevin just had for lunch. It's pretty insane.
This whole tech celebrity phenomena is an interesting one - for many reasons. But this statistic just fascinates me. Twitter enables an incredible form of voyeurism. And, it is equally incredible that so many people are into it.
Tekno needs a twitter page, although my life may not be as exciting as Kevin Rose's. My lunch options are not nearly as interesting.
By the way, 62,348.
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