I agree with the following.

Quoted: I have personally gotten real value from Twitter despite that friction. Twitter is an incredible newswire and real time search. Remember the old teletypes constantly churning out news?

It's interesting how many of these "value extraction frictions" are similar to what we experienced at Blue Dot/Faves....although we did address some of them.

Quoted: What, then, is the “Value Extraction Friction” that Twitter faces?

Quoted: Failure to Launch
Introduction
Microsoft Vista
Gateway
HD DVD
Vonage
YouTube
Sirius XM
Microsoft Zune
Palm
Iridium
Segway

Quoted: For the longest time around these parts, industry watchers have talked about building Seattle into a strong number two to Silicon Valley, which has deservedly obtained the reputation as the nation's top spot for tech. Well, according to a report today from bizjournals' G. Scott Thomas, Seattle has a little ways to go. The Emerald City ranked fifth, just behind San Francisco-Oakland and just ahead of San Diego.

Quoted: Barrett Lyon asks whether it’s possible to destroy the network with a hacksaw. In a word: Yup. It happened Thursday.

Quoted: The virtualization company today said it hired Richard McAniff, a 21-year Microsoft veteran, as its new executive vice president and chief development officer. There he joins former Microsoft executives including VMware CEO Paul Maritz and Tod Nielsen, VMware's chief operating officer.

Quoted: Put simply, it’s better than the NY Times front page because:

Quoted: Yahoo said that it had named Carol Bartz, the chairman and former chief executive of the software maker AutoDesk, as its new leader, succeeding its co-founder Jerry Yang.
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“The most glaring deficiencies are that she has no consumer or Internet or advertising experience,” said Christa Quarles, an analyst with Thomas Weisel. “The question is whether she will bring someone in who can fill those deficiencies.”

Refaving @mike

Quoted: Expect Yahoo's share price to jump tomorrow - Jerry Yang will be stepping down as CEO of the company, a job that he ...