Today on Tech Ticker Aaron Task interviews Howard Lindzon, co-founder of StockTwits.
Tech Ticker typically asks experts what they think about current events: How will such-and-such news affect the market? Howard Lindzon appears on the show a few times to answer these questions. In this episode he explains StockTwits, a catalyst of stock market Twitter talk.
I assume the shows are recorded back-to-back while the interviewee is available in the studio. Then the videos are blogged and open for comments. The comments aren’t that interesting. What do you expect from yahoos? The more intelligent viewers lurk silent and aloof–at least advertisers hope so.
The studio is probably somewhere in lower Manhattan, with people passing by in the background. I never ran with the bulls in Spain but that was my impression of Wall Street: you can’t stop moving for a moment as men and women in suits press forward purposefully. In stark contrast, Wall Street is literally abandoned at night.
In my opinion, the time is right for Tech Ticker, StockTwits and the like. As the Internet re-engineers the world with its feeds of ever-more-timely info. As hyperlinks blur geopolitical boundaries. As blog posts, Twitter tweets, miscellany updates inform our decisions. It’s a faster flavor of uncertainty urging us on. Through the night, through the weekend, through the summer with increasing fervor. It’s why StockmarketSoup.com exists.