Simon Willison's Weblog: mike-butcherhttp://simonwillison.net/2009-02-09T19:04:53+00:00Simon WillisonFour reasons why public Facebook status updates won't kill Twitter2009-02-09T19:04:53+00:002009-02-09T19:04:53+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Feb/9/four/#atom-tag
<p><strong><a href="http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/02/07/four-reasons-why-facebook-status-updates-wont-kill-twitter/">Four reasons why public Facebook status updates won't kill Twitter</a></strong></p>
Mike Butcher highlights the importance of “follow” rather than “friend” in social software.
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A Year Later, AOL Is Contemplating A Bebo Sale2009-01-27T18:13:11+00:002009-01-27T18:13:11+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/27/bebo/#atom-tag
<p><strong><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/27/a-year-later-aol-is-contemplating-a-bebo-sale/">A Year Later, AOL Is Contemplating A Bebo Sale</a></strong></p>
Ignore the headline and read the actual article—Mike Butcher’s description of how Bebo targeted old fashioned TV advertising agencies while other social networks ignored them completely is riveting.
<p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/advertising">advertising</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/agencies">agencies</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/aol">aol</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bebo">bebo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mike-butcher">mike-butcher</a></p>
An open letter to Mike Arrington2006-12-16T12:19:24+00:002006-12-16T12:19:24+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/16/kane/#atom-tag
<p><strong><a href="http://mbites.com/an-open-letter-to-mike-arrington">An open letter to Mike Arrington</a></strong></p>
Former co-editor Mike Butcher’s take on the demise of TechCrunch UK. “Citizen Kane 2.0”.
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