Jaiku is to Twitter as Orkut is to?

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments

I had these thoughts while reading Lisa’s account of Google’s Jaiku purchase.    

  1. If your first thought is, “what’s a Jaiku?” then congratulations, you have a life that doesn’t require knowledge of the latest tech fad. 
  2. Lisa referred to Jaiku and Twitter as “life streaming” platforms.  Didn’t sound like she coined it, but that’s a pretty apt description of both.
  3. Why on earth would someone want to stream their life?
  4. She compares Jaiku to Twitter and Orkut to Facebook.  I couldn’t help but think again just how important names are.  Isn’t it obvious which of those services will have a better chance of success based on the names alone?

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