Back in March, Google CEO Eric Schmidt caused a little controversy when he was quoted as thinking of Twitter (and the other micro-messaging services like it) as a “sort of poor man’s email systems.” He later clarified his remarks a bit. Tonight, he has joined the service.
Current Googlers such as Hunter Walk (YouTube) and former Googlers such as Chris Sacca welcomed Schmidt to the service tonight, pointing to his account, eschmidt0 . Yes, you’d think he could have gotten a better name (for example, ericschmidt is currently suspended, and presumably available). But maybe he’s continuing Google’s love affair with 1s and 0s. [Update below, he got @ericschmidt] So what was Schmidt’s first tweet ? Like any good Twitter user, he took some time for self-promotion: CNN GPS with Fareed Zakaria on Nov 29th, starts around minute 17; Fareed is a very good interviewer http://bit.ly/6GwGjn His second tweet ? Another self-promotional one: WSJ op-ed on newpapers and online news; thanks to the WSJ for publishing ! http://bit.ly/895j8L
Yeah, he’s going to fit right in here. (Well, as soon as he gets a real avatar, at least.) Back in April, talk swirled that Google was thinking about buying Twitter. Apparently, the company didn’t not want to sell — even for a billion dollars . Twitter has since raised a huge new round of funding at a billion dollar valuation . In August, Schmidt sat down with us for a interview that spawned two posts (and a mention of Twitter).
Update : And just like that, Schmidt now has the @ ericschmidt name. So yeah, don’t follow that other one.
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