I've been on Twitter for about two weeks and it still seems like a lot of fun, but now I see the early adopters are already jumping ship for the Next Big Thing. There's an email in the Blog inbox inviting me to join a Yammer group, when I've hardly grasped any of the fancier trimmings of Twitter.
Through the wonders of the Blog's #NPRA Twitter feed, Chris was twittering away all through Todd Buchholz's presentation on Monday morning and his tweets were feeding through live onto the Blog. Here they are:
At NPRA opening session. Former White House policy director Buchholz is keynote. 2:11 PM Mar 30th from web NPRA President Drevna says that economy and new 2:13 PM Mar 30th from web Drevna says NPRA role is to challenge politically expedient, counter productive policies 2:16 PM Mar 30th from web Distinguished Safety Awards to Conoco Phillips and Exxon Mobil 2:20 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz now speaking. 2:23 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz : New era of hyper competition is upon us, as building blocks of world economy have shifted around. 2:25 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Market capitalisation of Mattel (makers of Hot Wheels toys) is bigger than GM today. 2:27 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Credit ratings agencies were the C students from the biz schools who had to market the work of the work of the smart kids 2:40 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz recommends reading industry journals! 2:48 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz just worked a picture of Prince Charles looking at a bunch of sausages into his ppt 2:49 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Crucial for oil to stay at moderate level c.$50 bbl 2:53 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Forecasts signs of recovery in the autumn 2:55 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: The economy is lousy, however there are sign posts suggesting we are near the bottom. 2:55 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Unlike the 70s there is no wage spiral now. Thinks inflation has rolled over - everything is on sale, everywhere 2:57 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz quotes Warren Buffet - only when the tides goes out do you realise who is swimming naked 2:59 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: We are re-allocating how we spend money - in the 3:00 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: In the UK the tooth fairy is giving less 3:01 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Housing market will bottom in the summer. 3:03 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Some signs of stabilisation in job market 3:05 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Believes housing disaster would not have turned into recession if it hadnt coincided with commodity bubble. 3:07 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: The way out of recession is to give people with jobs more buying power, not government subsidies. 3:11 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Signs of hope from 3:13 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: 3:14 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Spend isnt going into the right areas. Money going into government not manufacturing. 3:15 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Peak oil isnt the challenge. Peak people is the issue : we need more petroleum engineering students and ag scientists 3:19 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: We need to get out of recession without threatening globalisation and free trade 3:22 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Cap and trade may become less of a focus from the White House. Energy floor could be proposed to drive alternative fuels 3:23 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Despite the maelstrom we have opportunities for innovation and prosperity 3:25 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Joe K asks if Congress may introduce cap and trade just to raise revenue 3:26 PM Mar 30th from web Buchholz: Bets that odds are less than 50% for cap and trade. Revenues only needed if moderate democrats cant restrain spending 3:28 PM Mar 30th from web
Click here for Joe Kamalick's full article on ICIS news from the presentation.
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