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A blog about consumer technology from Jan Dawson and Jackdaw Research. Original home at www.beyonddevic.es. Jan Dawson is an analyst and consultant who helps consumer technology companies understand market trends and devise strategies for success.

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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Feb 9, 2017

Yet Another Reset for Twitter

How much longer does Dorsey need to turn it around?

Here we are, almost eleven years into Twitter’s history and a little over 18 months into Jack Dorsey’s second term at the company, and Twitter is heading for yet…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Oct 27, 2016

Twitter’s Terrible New Metric

Why millions of new users per day is a bad thing, not a good thing

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Sep 23, 2016

The Problem With a Twitter Acquisition

As I’ve said before, I’m both a heavy user of Twitter and a critic of the way it’s currently being run. The lack of growth and the slow pace of change to the product are closely intertwined, and neither is good for Twitter in the long run. (See here for all my…

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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 26, 2016

Twitter Q2 2016 Earnings Commentary

Twitter reported its earnings this afternoon, and I’ve been sharing some quick thoughts and charts on Twitter itself, appropriately. I’m a massive Twitter fan and user, and it’s enormously important to my business, but I continue to be somewhat bearish on its…

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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 5, 2016

The NFL’s Twitter Gamble

Earlier today, I published a post titled “Twitter’s NFL Gamble”. The post illustrates perfectly the danger of jumping on breaking news too quickly, in that a major piece of information emerged after I hit “Publish” on the post, which totally changed the dynamic of the story. So here I…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 5, 2016

Twitter’s NFL gamble

Bloomberg broke the news this morning that Twitter is the winner of the digital rights package of Thursday night games the NFL has been auctioning off recently. Twitter came out of left field (if that’s not the wrong metaphor for this particular sport), and it’s worth thinking about both why…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Mar 28, 2016

Twitter and Instagram’s Communication Screwups

Note: both the Beyond Devices blog and Podcast are now available as a channel on Apple News, which is available if you’re using a device running iOS 9. Click on the button below to read this article there and follow the Beyond Devices channel.

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Oct 7, 2015

The two Twitters

Related: Twitter topic page, with links to all my earlier Twitter posts.

With the launch of Twitter’s Project Lightning and the Moments feature this week, Twitter is reinforcing an important point about Twitter and its future: there isn’t one Twitter, but two. Moments is…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 28, 2015

Thoughts on Twitter’s Q2 2015 earnings

Twitter is one of the companies I’ve written about most here on Beyond Devices. Some examples from the past year include:

Thoughts on Twitter’s Q1 2015 earnings
Thoughts on Twitter’s Q4 2014 earnings

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Dec 11, 2014

More quick thoughts on Twitter and Instagram (and Apple)

I posted some initial quick thoughts on Instagram hitting 300 million users yesterday, but there were two articles today that prompted some more quick thoughts on Twitter and some parallels (and important differences) when compared…