Twitter Buzz

Every one is all crazy about Twitter. I think it is a fad unto itself. I remember the days of chat software on computers. People would log on long enough to find out who was there and then log off, thus defeating the purpose of having the chat software. With the advent of mobile phones people have their chat software (SMS) in their pocket. Twitter was born. It is a way to message every one at once more or less.

The trouble is, people only use SMS because it is there all the time and easy. As soon as other methods of messaging become available and easy, think no 140 character limit, people will migrate to that. Hopefully, Twitter will evolve, but history tells me Twitter will try to sue the replacement company out of business or its own customers for leaving.

It is sad that the business model mechanism is broken. Is it possible for a new IBM or ... what other companies have been around and viable for over a hundred years besides Ford? Anyway, Is it possible for a new IBM to be started right now? Wal-Mart loves the new health care laws that are coming because it kills mom and pop businesses. It makes it all but impossible for a small business to become middle sized business which is what leads to large businesses. Have we become a society reliant on immense corporations for our daily existence?

Someone on one of the podcasts said that $12 a gallon gas will lead to the death of places like Wal-Mart and Cost Co. No one will be willing to use a car to travel to the store. I guess we will use wheelbarrows, or carts to get groceries to our homes. The idea is that local stores in people's neighborhoods will come back to live.  People will have to live closer to work and city centers to survive. That or drop off the the grid and grow their own food.