Chad - agreed! On 10 April 2010 18:28, Chad Etzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Nigel Legg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Surely all twitter developers are getting their success on the coattails > of > > Twitter, rather than twitter getting success on the coattails of the > > developers? > > This is a good point (is applies in my case, anyway). Had it not been > for my hobby-ist desire to hack around on the Twitter API, I would not > have a lot of the relationships I have today (whether it be with users > and new friends in my local town or across the internet with other > developers). By fostering those connections over the last few years I > have been able to do things I would not have otherwise been able to > do, and I would probably still be a cube-monkey instead of a founder > of my own company (which is also a platform, so I'm taking notes). > > So, there are other benefits to playing in this sandbox other than to > strike it rich with a Twitter app or become internet famous. Other > opportunities arise from relationships you create with this diverse > developer world. > > Of course, being acquired by Twitter doesn't hurt your resume, either. > > -Chad > > > > If you as a user, as a supplier to users, cannot find something that > tweetie > > doesn't do then maybe you haven't got your ear to the ground of what > twitter > > users want to see. My aim is to carry on with what I'm doing, and > > [hopefully] do it well before twitter can do it; if twitter then want to > > come knocking, that's up to them; if they want to replicate my service, > > that's up to them; hopefully I'll have enough users to survive. > > To me, this just ups the ante, and makes the environment just a little > bit > > more edgy and competitive. Which is great, if you don't see the people > > you're competing with. Not sure how I'd feel if I was going to #chirp. > > > > On 10 April 2010 17:21, Zhami <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Apr 10, 11:44 am, Jesse Stay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> <snip> > >> > I think the more beneficial, and long-term advantageous approach > >> > is instead to make Twitter a "support" for your application. > >> > >> Spot On!! > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > > > > >
