dustin blake

One way to really see this is when people on Twitter auto-update their Facebook (guilty as charged). The experiences and feedback on Twitter feel very different than the experiences and feedback on Facebook. On Twitter, I feel like I’m part of an ocean of people, catching certain waves and creating my own. Things whirl past and I add stuff to the mix. When I post the same messages to Facebook, I’m consistently shocked by the people who take the time to leave comments about them, to favorite them, to ask questions in response, to start a conversation. (Note: I’m terrible about using social media for conversation and so I’m a terrible respondent on Facebook.)

danah boyd - apophenia: Some thoughts on Twitter vs. Facebook Status Updates

My experience has been similar. Thankfully, Facebook sends me an email whenever someone there replies to my updates, otherwise, I’d never know!

Schultz wants to go national. Starbucks provides him a roasting plant, the retail chain and the staff, which he says “has a tremendous experience and enthusiasm about coffee.” He envisions expanding the espresso bars in big-city downtowns and the Starbucks stores in the suburbs of the same cities.

Howard Schultz (now CEO of Starbucks) STARBUCKS COFFEE IS SOLD TO OWNER OF IL GIORNALE (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

No, this is not a mis-timed April Fools Joke—this article is from 1987.  And what a strange idea that must have been in 1987—that espresso bars would populate big-city downtowns and suburbs (and of course everywhere else imaginable)!