Friend with a paid Zoom account is the new friend with a car
Dan Frommer
55.6K posts
Founder and Editor in Chief, @newconsumer
Founding editor, @businessinsider
Former EIC, @Recode
Consumer trends, tech, food, travel
- Wow finally got to check “get trapped in the @NYCTSubway for 2.5 hours with no cell service, ventilation, and minimal information, then evacuate by emergency exit staircase” off my NYC bingo card.
- I can’t speak for how much recreational marijuana the Snapchat founders use, but it seems to be they know a lot more about where the puck is going in AR than anyone showing off the 40th living room couch placement demo.Introducing Landmarkers — look out below! 🤮 #SnapPartnerSummit
00:00 - Snapchat is approaching the point in its maturity where it's time to buy a beloved email client startup and shut it down.
- Here’s some stupid shit: To start an LLC in New York, you have to pay two *newspapers* (a daily and a weekly) to announce your existence for six weeks in a row. Hundreds/thousands of dollars. How is that useful to *anyone* and not a pointless scam at this point, @NYGovCuomo?
- Some personal and professional news: I’m excited to unveil The New Consumer (@newconsumer), a publication about how and why people spend their time and money:
- The iPod nano, you could argue, was the true iPod: recode.net/2017/7/27/1605…
- Interviewed the talented and ambitious @alisoneroman about the food media business, how she works, and what she wants to do. It's bold and funny and for now it's free to read:
- Can't wait for the mobile payments app from the company that designed this receipt.
- Six weeks in Paris: - Stress level noticeably lower! - Haven’t bought anything online since March. - Miss dog a lot. Also iMac. And sushi. And tacos. - Now 7% butter by volume!
- Hello this is a dad tweets only account now. Meet Fritz Frommer! Mom @lapresmidi and I are so in love with this little goofball.
- Trump is a fleeting moment of idiocracy. But nothing represents enduring, endemic American mediocrity like Paul Ryan.Politicians don't always kiss babies.
- If this doesn’t drive us to separate healthcare coverage from a specific employer, I probably don’t want to be here for what does.Replying to @bencasselmanReally, though, the chart tells the story. Just an utter economic catastrophe.
- Can we get wartime Apple to knock out a Bluetooth version of the old iSight camera and help @zoom_us with an Apple TV app?
















