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- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -2/+117Real businesses disagree.
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -2/+80twitter is what you get when e-mail and IM have a retarded inbred baby
- superbeefy, on 11/08/2008, -1/+56Don't forget layoffs! http://revision3.com/blog/2008/10/27/changes-to-re ...
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -5/+48This is just more evidence to throw on the "Kevin Rose is a colossal douche" pile.
- CCB0x45, on 11/08/2008, -6/+48Real business is done on paper.
- indigit4l, on 11/08/2008, -1/+42Wow. Spend less money in a tough economy. Genius
- scabbers, on 11/08/2008, -2/+38"Funding for consumer internet companies is going away and that means there's going to be a lot of opporunity for everyone."
Huh? - algaeturd, on 11/08/2008, -2/+33Twitter is for pretentious people with too much time on their hands who believe that others are interested in reading things like, 'getting an oil change.' 'Just ate dinner.'
"going to take a shower.'
Really? I don't give a *****.
That's not communication, it's pretense. And nobody gives a ***** what you're doing unless it directly involves them. It's built solely on the idea that people are egotistical enough to imagine that others care what they're doing every minute of the day.
And sorry to break it to you but nobody does.
It's a trendy tech toy and nothing else. - Autodidaddict, on 11/08/2008, -1/+28This is like reading a powerball winner's advice on picking numbers....
- krahzee, on 11/08/2008, -1/+26Kevin is wrong. His view is skewed on this.
His opinion on this issue is shaped by what works in his techie lifestyle, not what works for others. He lives in the tech capital of the country and associates with a group of people who all primarily are early adopters of the newest site, app, or hardware to hit the market.
What works for him may not for others. Some of us can't always take part in real time communications everyday. I work with my hands, and if I'm in the middle of doing something, the last thing I want is to stop to answer a tweet. Not everyone sits at a desk all day either, or has a job cool with them taking time for personal communication at a second's notice the way twitter encourages people to do.
I also have friends who are cops and lawyers, for example, who have a hard time dropping everything to answer a tweet about who banged what fat chick the night before.
Email is much simpler on so many levels.
Read it and reply with no concern about length. It's archived right there, accessible from anywhere (I use Gmail), and can be forwarded to anyone with a few clicks. I can submit a bid to a customer by attaching the file right to it and it's gone. No need to walk them through anything, just email a pdf and done. Not having to educate my customers on new tech for free is HUGE.
Will email lose some volume to other services? Sure. Facebook, Twitter and others take away some traffic as alternate means of communication. That said, they will never completely replace it so long as there is a need for the functions that email has that sets it apart from the newest service to develop. - fujimonster, on 11/08/2008, -1/+22Problem is Kevin just repeats everyone else. If an original thought came out of his head, I'd be the first to say his body was snatched by aliens.
- twiztidsinz, on 11/08/2008, -1/+21Do you remember when everyone was doing that with their IM away messages?
I swear people spent more time running back and forth to their computer to update their away messages than they spent doing the ***** they had to do. - TheJellz, on 11/08/2008, -1/+17The only reason this is even on here is because he is part of Digg. As somebody who studies economics that is the most unsound advice I have heard in awhile
- oxymoron69, on 11/08/2008, -1/+14I think a better analogy might be when IM and SMS had a retarded inbred baby, then gave it a faggy name.
- shiftless, on 11/08/2008, -1/+14Twitter has quite the character limit. How the hell could Twitter convey anything more than "The coffee pot is empty and now I have to pee"? Yeesh.
- theadvinci, on 11/08/2008, -1/+14Be smart... not cheap. Pay for things you need to and don't buy/hire/pay things/people you don't need.
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -1/+13Buried for ass-kissing.
- algaeturd, on 11/08/2008, -2/+14Yeah, let's outsource everything to other countries for the cheapest labor we can find.
That'll fix EVERYTHING. Great logic and advice, dude. Glad you're not the president. - ScaredOfTheMan, on 11/08/2008, -1/+12Hence... Be cheap.
- ibone, on 11/08/2008, -22/+33Yeah, and I should take this ***** advice because?
And I say that not because it might be bad advice, but because I dont really give a ***** about Kevin Rose or anything he has to say. Shouldnt he be busy in cali fighting prop 8? - NiravGorajia, on 11/08/2008, -3/+13Spend less money during hard economic times? Thanks for the advice, Kevin.
Now, will you also tell us that the Sun is hot and water is wet? - RMoore08, on 11/08/2008, -0/+9I don't think email communication is dead. For instance, the Twitter character cap. You can't send a huge letter to the family about what you've been up to on Twitter. Its just not convenient. And far from it. I think email is dying, very slowly, but far from dead.
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -0/+9Well he did successfully make a web business and spends a lot of time talking with more people who have, but yeah, knowing how to catch a fish in your local river doesn't mean you know how to fish everywhere at all seasons.
- Betrayal, on 11/08/2008, -4/+12I believe whatever Kevin Rose says
/s - Okinsley, on 11/08/2008, -0/+8&Delta how bout no outsourcing ?
- jhails, on 11/08/2008, -0/+7Twitter might be very effective for geek nerds living and working in San Fran's tech industry, but for the vast majority of computer users its completely useless. Kevin and friends need to get out a little more.
- houndeyex, on 11/08/2008, -2/+9Because WoW is serious business.
- EvilCan, on 11/08/2008, -0/+7I dugg him up because he didn't link to this revolutionary idea. He added something to the conversation without spamming.
- clintmaher, on 04/21/2009, -2/+9As history shows, this is the perfect time to be launching new business. There is a lot of opportunity waiting for those that have the foresight and are ready when the downturn really starts.
- depro9, on 11/08/2008, -1/+8Cheap like his new Mac?
- kevinmotel, on 11/08/2008, -1/+8Thank you Michael Scott.
- twiztidsinz, on 11/08/2008, -9/+15Serious business is done in WoW.
- renemartini, on 11/08/2008, -1/+7I feel web 2.0 has been stale really nothing new has been coming out more like clones. Also yeah start start up when ummm many young people can't get a job or cant find one. Ohh lets not forget all those school loans. Sometimes Kevin Rose spews stuff thats too idealistic and not down to earth. I think I am still mad at Rev3 for cancelling my shows my commute sucks now.
- scabbers, on 11/08/2008, -0/+6He should've sold before the web 2.0 bubble started to burst.
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -2/+8I was gonna post that he needs to shut the ***** up.
It wasn't a post that was supposed to be a shrine for him.
It was a post about the future of business on the web.
Who the hell does this guy think he is? - tnoy, on 11/08/2008, -0/+61. Pimp your own website on the major cable TV show you're on.
2. Profit! - paulierocks, on 11/08/2008, -2/+7"I believe it's going to be a great time to start something new," said Rose, while speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit, in San Francisco. His argument: There is less competition and noise in the marketplace and it's easier to get press. "Funding for consumer internet companies is going away and that means there's going to be a lot of opporunity for everyone."
Consider using spell check. - FriedTurkey, on 11/08/2008, -0/+5I am surprised Kevin didn't float a rumor about Digg being bought again. Kevin probably had a few offers he probably should have taken. Digg is already on the downturn every popular website faces. The economy doesn't help. MySpace, LiveJournal, Friendster, Slashdot.......Digg.
- markdall, on 11/08/2008, -0/+5Burn in hell, email marketer!
- inactive, on 11/08/2008, -2/+7Buried for "Kevin Rose" in title.
- Slade605, on 11/08/2008, -0/+5Away messages and whatnot are just "acceptable" forms of being an attention whore.
- rexprime, on 11/08/2008, -0/+4exactly, out side of the bay area tech crowd most people could give a flying turd about twitter.
let me go to this site where i can read how a random jackass is "having a nice cup of hot green tea" again. - kinseyincanada, on 11/09/2008, -0/+4so hes says email communication is dead now but wont be proven to be right for another 10 years, do you realize how stupid that sounds.
- greeniemeani, on 11/08/2008, -1/+5Maybe he should start outsourcing again.
- geekgod, on 11/08/2008, -2/+6Mr Rose, Does this include not purchasing 5 thousand dollar couches?
- locojones, on 11/08/2008, -0/+4"A hell of a lot of people seemed to care about me twittering from Harlem on election night."
No, they really don't. You might think that they do. But they don't. - brundlefly76, on 11/08/2008, -0/+4Here is my advice fro Kevin Rose for running an internet business during a good economy:
If 4 major corporations offer you a multimillion-dollar buyout for your company which is still burning investor capital, take one. - Gongjimein, on 11/08/2008, -5/+9Anybody read the comments section below the article? Obvious troll is obvious.
"As the guy Kevin outsourced it to, its great to see Kevin bring it up over and over, but never bother to mention my name. "
"And he also forgets to mention things like
a. I own shares in the company.
b. unlike Kevin, who dropped out of UNLV, I have an MBA and an ABD."
Owen Byrne -
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