If anyone has been watching CNN for the past few hours, you would have
noticed that Rick Sanchez has been tracking Gustav through twitter
(http://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn). As Twitter moves away from its
niche of geeks it is becoming an every day useful tool for information
dispersal. The 140 (or so) character restrictions are not so much a
restriction but an important criterion for getting the message across
quickly and efficiently. As a startup this teaches me a few things:
- Focus on the core idea: the idea that made you take this big risk
- Not every feature needs to be implemented. In fact most of it shouldn't, if you are not speaking to your core message your on the wrong path.
- Keeps things simple: don't clutter your idea with "nice to have" features, leave it simple and only do the simple stuff.
- Make it easy to understand: updating my status is not what Rick Sanchez is using Twitter for. Make sure your message is malleable enough but never taking away from your core message.
