tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445269723137820164.post-80452551555591188122007-09-04T15:47:00.000-07:002007-09-04T15:47:00.000-07:00Sunil - taking your Qs one at a time<BR/>1. Value prop - Umesh's done a good explanation of what Twitter's value prop is about, so I'll leave that out. I can see a lot of interesting uses for twitter. For example, the organizers of Code Camp San Diego used twitter to send updates to speakers (I was one of them, and so I know) about the event. I can also think of using twitter in projects to send instant notifications of builds, bugs -- as the twitter platform matures.<BR/><BR/>2. Email, IM, blogging, social networks -- all started with techies. So it is with microblogging :) More seriously, twitter is promoted by WoM marketing and geeks mostly know more geeks.<BR/><BR/>3. Revenue Model? Anyone's guess. From what I've read (and some between the lines), Twitter may emerge as a platform (think Facebook or Google Maps) for instant notifications via different sources (microblogging aside). They recently raised a second round - with a post money valuation of 20 million! Goog may already be eying it.<BR/><BR/>4. On form factor: Autorefresh, notifications are all in. All information is pushed to you. In twitter, you can "follow" a person, and you get notified instantly - on IM or as a text message (apart from the web, of course). Think about that - its a powerful mechanism and an addictive thing at the same time.Sowmyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200953962645166407noreply@blogger.com