Manton returns from the road while Twitter continues going off the rails. What is the company’s viability as they bewilder users and advertisers, and how much should Manton react to the opportunities that might exist? Daniel and Manton discuss Twitter, whether Jack Dorsey stands to gain even if Twitter fails, and the nihilistic tendencies of certain leaders. Finally, Manton checks in with Daniel on progress toward MarsEdit 5.
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Links:
- 2 weeks on the road — Manton’s blog post from the van trip.
- Twitter’s DAU trend — Elon’s tweet with misleading graph.
- Mastodon — Federated social network that is getting more attention.
- Micro.blog — Also getting more attention and integrates with Mastodon.
- Project Blue Sky — Another attempt at a distributed social network API.
- Zero to One — Peter Thiel’s book about business.
