Brian AlveyBrian Alvey Main RSS FeedTwitter's business model- May 25, 2008 I finally figured out a business model for Twitter. It's advertising based and it only works if Twitter doesn't solve their scaling problems. The way I see it, the most the Twitter user base needs Twitter to be running smoothly is about fourteen hours a day. That leaves ten hours a day of those cute "please try again later" screens. As long as they can continue to add more people than they lose every day, I could see what I have in mind being a sustainable stream of income. Any large..http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/05/25/twitters-business-model/ Superman, I am so glad you're here!- May 20, 2008 After a doctor's appointment in the middle of the day today, I stopped at Starbuck's to get Niki the green iced tea she loves. I was wearing a black t-shirt with a silver Superman symbol on the chest. As I walked in the door, the woman behind the counter said "Superman, I am so glad you're here!" Nice. I told her I had heard they needed help. She said they didn't need help any more, just my order. I ordered Niki's venti unsweetened green iced tea and headed to the end of the...http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/05/20/superman-i-am-so-glad-youre-here/ Over in Denver, where the Air is even thinner- May 20, 2008 Catching up on my feeds, I saw this funny video video in a post by Denver-based early stage investor Brad Feld. It compares the Lenovo X300 to the MacBook Air. I bought an Air a few months back and when my own (much larger) Thinkpad died at our Philly codejam I switched to my Mac. My whole Apple-happy team was disgusted that my Air had been sitting in my backpack unused all week long. Now that I've switched to a Mac, I doubt I could go back to Windows as a primary desktop. I use my Air to..http://www.brianalvey.com/news/2008/05/19/over-in-denver-where-the-air-is-even-thinner/ |