Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-25

  • RT @ruskin147 UK ‘most internet-based economy’ – study of G20 shows we’re top nation of digital shopkeepers http://t.co/IQwsTv6L #
  • Enjoying #lws Wish there was more talk about building great companies & less about investment/valuations. Wrong focus. #
  • Funding panel. @azeem says same points about lack of funding & early ecosystem made on panel he chaired in 1998. #lws #
  • A startup is a vehicle for an organisation in search of a scalable business model – @azeem quotes @sgblank #lws #
  • Audience might be too young to notice Oren Michels, mashery, walks on to theme from M*A*S*H #lws Sound of my childhood #
  • Should have used @hailocab RT @WebSummitHQ “Founder of Uber, @travisk, is stuck in traffic” @mikebutcher #LWS #irony #
  • We stopped that, for this?! Milo & Eric almost got to a point where a discussion might have broken out. #LWS #
  • Oh @jobsworth, I could listen to you all day. #lws “My father had 1 job, I had 7, my son will have 7 at once” #
  • Seedrs could be a business that beats the Americans to crowd funding for equity. #lws Hell yeah! FSA approval already. #
  • Pitches so far feel like features but @seedrs, or something like it, will be a game changer. #lws #
  • RT @edward_hodges BLN Making it Mobile Forum 2012 Schedule http://t.co/dVmkKtjm let me know if you’re coming 🙂 #
  • RT @SimonLondonVC: Recruiting a Senior Associate at FGPE – interested? http://t.co/OBtS6zy7 be the VC! #lws #
  • Excellent talk from @marcussegal coo at Zynga on the startup hustle. #lws actionable advice for entrepreneurs. #
  • Principle benefit – helps Google’s ‘Government relations’ @saranganv Google campus London: 0 hidden agenda Really? #LWS #
  • Google’s @nikesharora is 1 seriously smart, smooth, funny, entertaining dude. Great coup for #lws to have him. #
  • That interview is now, technically, over. #lws very entertaining. #
  • That is the 1st VC pitch I have seen involving a naked man with a dog swinging from his penis. @ml #lws #
  • Big props to @mikebutcher @paddycosgrave & entire team for excellent day. London needs this. #lws #
  • Microsoft won – ages ago. Another game…? RT @codinghorror Welcome to the Post PC era http://t.co/gZhOUMo8 #
  • Wow King’s Cross. What did your commuters do to deserve Leon? Something very good. http://t.co/O5EtFrEB #
  • To bed, only pausing to set @j0littlewood‘s home page to, ‘Otters that look like Benedict Cumberbatch’. Done. #
  • Great news about Fabrece. Not sure about proof of, ‘power of prayer’. Not substitute for prompt, expert, medical help. #
  • We just got 3 tickets released for Making it Mobile this Thursday.Hurry… #BLNMiM http://t.co/IleTdM43 #
  • Don’t miss! RT @mobileindustry The BLN Making it Mobile 2012 event is this Thursday in London http://t.co/aC6YH9Op #
  • Good luck @mohamed! Fair summary of what happened at Al Jazeera while western publishers slept. http://t.co/U967ppkQ #
  • RT @tim press release headline of the day: “THERE’S A BAP FOR THAT”. GREGGS INSTALLS WIFI ACROSS ALL ITS STORES #
  • Yay! RT @salmonlikeafish Soon to board a train for London with @MarcinTheFrog to get ready #BLNMiM #Pumped #
  • Burger King, Imma let you finish being biggest food joint in King’s Cross tonight. @leonsrestaurant is best though. #
  • Sunny already! RT @technokitten: Hello world! Hope it’s gonna be a sunny day. There’s a roof terrace with my name on at the BLN event today. #
  • RT @mattgierhart #blnmim woman next to me shouted “YES!” when cloud computing was listed as a trend. She loves the cloud. #
  • ITV have had over 100,000,000 premium rate sms messages for programmes in 5 years. #BLNMiM #
  • More over 55 year olds with iPads than under 35s. I didn’t know that. #BLNMiM #
  • Whole lot of tweeting going on at #BlnMiM http://t.co/WJq1SEj6 #
  • They don’t mean Viagra. RT @eccella: #BLNMiM ITV confirm 20% tablet usage in bed #
  • Defies belief! RT @rorystirling: Wow, Flirtomatic sold 1k virtual ‘Will & Kate’ engagement rings for £30 each! #BLNMiM #
  • Impressive talk from @wseblen of Google. Long on content, short on Google brand blah blah. #BLNMiM #
  • In UX, there is a fine line between Desire to Delight and Desire to Despair. #BLNMiM #
  • RT @mrmaxhacks At mobile conference. Domino’s Pizza Head of IT has Space Invaders socks. Must know his stuff. #BLNMIM #
  • Loving the sparkly iPhone & the CEO’s glamorous assistant in the Blippar talk. #
  • I would love to see Father Jack’s Swiftkey suggestions. #BLNMiM #
  • RT @CarlyRDonovan “You’ll never guess, but this guy’s in advertising” @marklittlewood introduces @mattgierhart #BLNMiM #
  • Huge props & thx @rackspaceemea @blackberry @openmarket @FaunaFloraInt @TWMediaTech for making #BLNMiM happen. #
  • #BLNMiM Award – 1st place – @blippar Congratulations! #
  • Thanks all. That was fun. #BLNMiM #
  • Daily Telegraph announces paid content for mobile at #BLNMiMhttp://t.co/zBJ89tUG #
  • Comedy Gold! Borat movie national anthem played to Kazakh gold medallist at sports championship http://t.co/iya6lgu3 #
  • Re sexist, ‘glamorous assistant’ tweet. @jessbutcher said it & won #BLNMiM Award. Hugely impressive @blippar founder. #
  • Was thinking Laurel Who? Square. RT @salmonlikeafish Me: ‘Got tix to see Lauryn Hill, Mark!’ @MarkLittlewood ‘Laurel Hill?’ #
  • Typical Cambridge summer. Packed Backs, the smell of disposable barbecues & skunk. http://t.co/Q2gEyFTs It’s March. #
  • Bald heads & ponytails. @billt on fantastic panel #beeb30 http://t.co/QEDiZjmM #
  • Champagne! Milestone bottles at ARM for #beeb30 http://t.co/7fbCrYgU #
  • The crowd http://t.co/onavu5KW go politely wild as cake is cut. http://t.co/qynAJA8f @beeb30 #