Twitter is notorious for it’s lack of business model, and Simon Dumenco from AdAge has written a really thought-provoking article about the service. I’ve always just accepted that if I’m going to be online, I’m gonna get advertised at. Maybe not tho…
Simon raises an excellent point when he says
But what if it’s not only too late, but it was never time? What if not everything that flits across our screens — computer or cellphone or whatever — can be contorted into serving as a profit center? As I’ve said before: I don’t think every tweet or blurp or bloop or …read more

Om Malik, one of the few uber-A-listers I haven’t met or hung out with yet, has a fantastic post about the economy, VC Funding and start ups. With the economy heading so completely south, start ups are starting to tighten their belts.
Heck, look at Jeremiah Owyang’s tally of the Social Media layoffs recently:

Oct 10: Fast Company, which has social network for website and popular videoblogger, lays off 20
Oct 10: Seesmic, a video conversation player lays off 7
Oct 6: eBay to lay off 10% of workforce to streamline after recession.
Oct 3: Gawker blog network lays off 19, and brags about it.

Om …read more