If you are good at what you do, you’ll survive. If you’re amazing at what you do, you’ll thrive.

An interesting conversation has been happening int he past few weeks about what Leo should do with the money the TWiT makes by donations. When faced with this issue, Leo decided to do something amazing with the donations. Announced on December 3rd, Leo will no longer be paying himself with the money the company makes through sponsorships, advertising, etc. Leo’s salary will be paid through the donations made to TWiT and not the company’s operating budget. This is similar to a CEO of a company being paid a $1 annual salary, but making money if the stock in that company increases. He makes sure to point out that he won’t starve, as he has other jobs that will feed and put a roof over his family, but he’s created an incentive for himself that didn’t previously exist.

Not too long go Kevin Kelly posted his 1,000 True Fans idea t othe internet and set my imagination on fire. I immediately thought about artists like Jonathan Coulton and Brad Sucks. Not long after that, Trent Reznor gave Nine Inch Nails fans the opportunity to buy their album ‘Ghosts’ in many formats, including the [...]

The news came in yesterday that Twitter signed a sear ch deal with Microsoft and Google. Microsoft’s Bing and Google are going to have access to the real time stream from Twitter, which is commonly called “the firehose”. The firehose something that not many companies are given according to Twitter own Frequently Asked Questions.
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