Pivotal Labs and Twitter

I hate to do this, but the cat is already out of the bag.



http://tinyurl.com/3v5amd

Our friends at Pivotal Labs are starting a project this week to stabilize one of the highest profile (and now most infamous) web 2.0 offerings, Twitter (www.twitter.com). It's a perfect example of a company building a wildly viral product, then breaking under the strain.

I was in Rob Mee's office, taking a break from the IBF Venture Capital Conference when he found out that the project had been leaked to Venture Beat. "Bummer" was Rob's first comment, not knowing if he wanted the press. His second comment was "they should have developed it in Java!"

Rob hires only the best of the best and is a brilliant developer himself. They'll do fine as long as they don't let the flak jackets and night-vision goggles get in the way.

Like Madonna used to say "any press is good press" Party on, Rob. Party on Pivots.