Trip’s Tweets

Amanda — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:30:04 +0000

So Trip Adler failed to show for his Litopia duel of words. Here’s something that may explain his reluctance . Yes folks – it’s Trip’s own attempt at a book:

http://www.lulu.com/content/506511

And in case you’re wondering just what could have kept this thrusting young CEO from his eager audience, here’s a selection of Trip’s Tweets:

1:08 AM Mar 14th from web
Snowkiting in Utah with Charles River Ventures and a bunch of Silicon Valley people.
3:30 AM Mar 7th from web
Finally we got more corn nuts at Scribd HQ!
4:29 AM Mar 3rd from web
This idea is sooo sexy
10:49 AM Feb 19th from web
Just told Tikhon the idea. He thinks it is really good. But don’t ask him what it is because he is sworn to secrecy.
9:21 AM Feb 19th from web
I just had to Tweet about the invention of the next Twitter. History will look back on this moment.
8:37 AM Feb 19th from web
just came up with my best startup idea in at least a year, maybe my best ever. This one could be bigger than Twitter…
8:32 AM Feb 19th from web
We’re out of corn nuts at Scribd office
5:30 AM Feb 19th from web
Check out my new photo!
10:25 AM Feb 6th from web
in Palo Alto
7:01 AM Aug 4th, 2008 from web
Getting some work done
11:39 PM Aug 2nd, 2008 from web
eating
3:30 AM Apr 13th, 2007 from web
Sitting

It’s a tough life at the top…

Return of the Bonkbuster?

Amanda — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:21:35 +0000

I’ve been back airing my views on the Litopia podcast and this week decided to throw in a few thoughts about recession reading habits. Keeping an eye on what the market wants is crucial right now and I decided to take a look at historical precedents. OK, so leaping right in and analysing the Great Depression might have been siding with the pessimists but it threw up some interesting facts.

It’s often touted that the golden age of Hollywood coincided in part with the Great Depression, resulting in a rash of comedies and glitzy musicals to take the collective mind off what was happening. In fact, the majority of popular films reflected the social zeitgeist. It seems we find comfort in the familiar, i.e. in what is happening to us on a daily basis. Given that there has been a huge upsurge in what psychologists are calling Recession Sex, I feel certain that my prediction of a parallel upsurge in demand for eighties-style bonkbusters will prove correct.

As authors we would be providing a public service by fulfilling this need. Divorce and adultery statistics are also going through the roof. Far better to read about it in a book than actually indulge. The age of the testosterone-packed City is over. There are no square-jawed heroes in Wall Street. We need the real deal and the safest place to find it is between the covers of a book

http://tinyurl.com/d6mbhd

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Trip’s Tweets

Return of the Bonkbuster?