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    Is Working at Google a Brain Malfunction?

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    04/28/09

    In reply to Is Working at Google a Brain Malfunction?
    You can only include so many examples, exceptions and paradoxes before you lose your point.
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    04/28/09

    In reply to Is Working at Google a Brain Malfunction?
    No, they're not the future. They're working for the guys who were the future eight years ago. They're the drones.
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    Image of krismry krismry
    04/27/09

    In reply to Is Working at Google a Brain Malfunction?
    If they're holding GOOG, they should sell. Soon.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/06/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    Goowitter? Twoogle? Gowittle?
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    Image of Drunken Economist Drunken Economist
    04/04/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    Twitter's special for ONE REASON ONLY: Unlike Facefook it forces the cattle, I mean users, to be concise in their ass digging and nose scratching. Or hasty, anyway.


    And yes, Google -is- the next AOL.

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    Image of Ian McCollum Ian McCollum
    04/03/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    Anyone remember WBS chat back in the mid 90s? Or any HTML chat room that that you had to constantly refresh to catch responses? That's what Twitter is, but with a ridiculously low character limit. Its shocking how retarded the media and bloggers sound when they struggle to describe HTML chat in therms that don't sound as stupid as "HTML chat."
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    Image of Drunken Economist Drunken Economist
    04/04/09

    @Ian McCollum: It's almost as stupid as 'SMS chat'. Ooops! That's that marketspace that Twitter's trying to catch. Else why would you have a 140 char limit?
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    Image of krismry krismry
    04/03/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    I need money. Some shorts are going to make a fortune shorting this silly, overpriced stock. But it probably won't happen until pigs have wings. I guess I can save up my allowance until then.
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    Image of squidbait squidbait
    04/03/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    I thought this "Biz Stone" was just peddling execu-babble to Colbert, but now that I actually try the "beta" search feature of Twitter I can see why it is worth well over $500M. For instance, by searching "is down" I can see that Hottie510's DSL modem is down, etsy.com is down for Demi Moore, and root.box.sk might be down for a few people. This is very useful information.
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    Image of Adam Jackson Adam Jackson
    04/03/09

    @squidbait: Exactly. Twitter does have value. I've noticed a trend on Valleywag and this is how I have learned about Owen's process for writing about things.


    1. What's hot right now?

    2. Who's running the company

    3. What did they do wrong in the past?


    Twitter is hot

    Evan Williams is running the company

    Oh wait, he's done nothing wrong? Well let's just write about how it was just luck and make some shot at how he won't be so lucky a second time.


    Squidbait has an excellent point. Despite what you think about people that are using the service, there ARE people using the service and there is information going into it. Owen might argue that no one cares what you ate for lunch but companies like Google do care and no other service captures that data like Twitter does.


    Google is wondering what they should charge for cream cheese adwords placement and they look at the buzz around cream cheese on Twitter. They can graph it and use it for anything they want.


    The point is, Owen, that despite how stupid, worthless or needless the information on Twitter is, it's still information, it still can be used for something and it still can be used to sell ads and that's all that matters.


    Owen, I'm not asking you to kiss anyone's ass but having read Valleywag for nearly 2 years, I've seen this trend of what you choose to write about.


    Oh and um... love your work, keep up the great stuff! LOL

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    Image of Owen Thomas Owen Thomas
    04/03/09

    @Adam Jackson: I think you and squidbait need to spend a languorous afternoon together trying to get to know each other better.
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    04/03/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    Google might buy Twitter? Cool. Now when we do a search on, say, "Obama," we get a message saying "so-and-so searched on 'Obama'."
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    04/03/09

    @Mike Jahn: No, you get a re-tweet of someone else's re-tweet saying "so-and-so searched on 'Obama.'" If that fits in 140 characters or less.
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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    04/03/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    If google buys them it will only perpetuate what we saw during this decade.


    Web 3.0 here we go...

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    04/03/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    I snorted my drink when Colbert made the Pets.com comment to the unamused Biz Stone.
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    04/03/09

    In reply to Will Google Get Shamed Into Buying Twitter?
    do not i repeat do NOT drink celestial seasoning tea it will not relax you at all it has been a living nightmare but nothings worse than HAT
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    Image of macbeach macbeach
    04/03/09

    @Solomon Grundy: I do so hope that overtakes "I can haz" and "All your base" variations. And so do the people at Celestial Seasonings.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    03/30/09

    In reply to Google Designer Heads to Way Cooler Job at Twitter
    Nice one;)
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    Image of LeftCoastLady LeftCoastLady
    03/30/09

    In reply to Google Designer Heads to Way Cooler Job at Twitter
    That photo looks like he's getting a "job" alright...
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    03/30/09

    @LeftCoastLady:


    Can you tell which kind?

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    03/26/09

    In reply to The Unflinching Stare of Marissa Mayer
    Wow, I can't wait for the next exciting episode of Gossip Googirl! I vote for more leggings.
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