Retweeted by David PakmanEDM's rise is the cultural re-ascension of experience over the shrill tyranny of narrative. Ecstatic bliss over Ira Glass. McLuhan said so.
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Retweeted by David PakmanEDM's rise is the cultural re-ascension of experience over the shrill tyranny of narrative. Ecstatic bliss over Ira Glass. McLuhan said so.
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Retweeted by David Pakman@Sir https://t.co/upghg0as2JStreaming #pinkfloyd. That is all.
Retweeted by David Pakman"Improving the TV’s interface...you can solve with time & talent; re-making the TV biz is the truly difficult task" http://t.co/A0nJolBuRt@RichBTIG @NickBeim @Venrock @Dataminr @TedBailey no. Different. Significant event/news detection not sentiment.Dataminr Secures $30 Million Amid Twitter-Scanning Success http://t.co/UZdtzcxo8Y via @WSJ #bigdata @venrock #fintech@dwingate oh yeah. Every day. Circus.Oh, the fun of internet music licensing! "Pandora purchases FM radio station amid battle with songwriters" http://t.co/A1wVAKXiZG
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Retweeted by David PakmanMy gut is that 90%+ of physical music was sold profitably and 90%+ of digital music is sold/streamed unprofitably.So, who else is pumped about Google Glass?
Retweeted by David Pakman@billboardglenn @robertblevine_ That's not true. Those retailers were net profitable on music but featured loss leader titles. Apple, not.Evasive. Does NSA access GOOG servers w/o warrant? @ericschmidt: Google does not have a 'back door' for gov't to access private user data"Apple's iRadio shows, once again, the companies dominating online music will be the ones who don't care if they make money from online music
Retweeted by David PakmanWait, what??? “@Michael_Bloom: Wow...Gov't has direct access to computer servers of Google, Facebook, Apple etc http://t.co/cmTZPzgTBjAmazon Debuts Multi-Platform Indie Games Store http://t.co/98ogA7Oqml
Retweeted by David Pakman@JeremyShure @bzises love it!@Fliptop Can you fix instead?@bzises @fliptop Ugh thanks. I tweeted direct from their page.
Retweeted by David PakmanIf you try to setup gmail on a new iOS device with http://t.co/BEWgvo7N3c (Google Sync), it won't work anymore, FYI. http://t.co/IwOtgCOToRCongrats to a builder with great vision @roybahat: What exactly is this Bloomberg Beta? What and why: http://t.co/tJ18DQW4Lc@aweissman Sounds like a gum-on-the-sidewalk sort of day. Hang in there.@aweissman ooh, DO tell. Sounds like a great story.
Retweeted by David Pakman@hirschb now I am!A lot of people have asked @dollarshaveclub for video #2. Well, let's talk about #2! #onewipecharlies https://t.co/chBSyOGykQ@Michael_Bloom @aweissman @iancr Can y'all quiet it down…trying to work over here.Acquisition gone bad. “@will_luton: Costing $200m and closing 379 days after acquisition, OMGPOP cost Zynga $528k a day.”
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Retweeted by David Pakman@pkedrosky That's me. Sir Spamalot.@pkedrosky @rakeshlobster I'm fond of using your personal gmail address. Works fantastically well.Disney previewing their new MyMagic+, a wristband handles tix, purchases, etc (free w/ a tix). Every company will become a tech company.
Retweeted by David Pakman@AaronCohen @davetisch Agree. As we stand here today. But that does beg the question…what is after Twitter?@aweissman Yep. We have fragmentation and abandonment today. Will we demand migration? If we abandon FB, do we still use FB connect? (yes)@aweissman I get fragmentation…but maybe migration too? Abandonment at some point?@pakman some have a 10x shorter half life... There is ideally some utility at core that ppl won't leave (FB, LinkedIn, twiiter) all diff...
Retweeted by David Pakman@AaronCohen @fascinated I think Twitter ad unit is quite good and has promise.@YinkaWrites Yep@pakman I don't even think "what if" is necessary here ;)
Retweeted by David PakmanWhat if, despite network effects, social nets really *are* ephemeral and have a 5-7 year lifespan before we all move on to something else?@naveen sent you an email about schedule snafu this morning..."A Rising Data Star Enjoys the Dark Side" @adage Well done, @claudia_perlich! @m6d_inc #reallybigdata #secretweapon http://t.co/OorwaDl6b7
Retweeted by David Pakman@billwise I love it! Who could ever bet against you!?!@Besvinick Both great companies! Still sticking with my call...@jerryjao @ajs @andrew_i_am Agree it is a great company and will do very well.