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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

Taipei, Taiwan
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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Feb 2014

    The two biggest disconnects between Silicon Valley and the rest of the world is the importance of Office and Facebook. Especially Facebook.

    6:41 PM - 11 Feb 2014
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      2. Adam Singer‏Verified account @AdamSinger 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent @blenderhd Office is important if you fall into a time machine. Excel still has a place sometimes. Other than that, nope.

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @AdamSinger

        @AdamSinger @blenderhd ‘check bio - San Francisco, CA - yep!’ :)

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      4. Adam Singer‏Verified account @AdamSinger 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent to be fair I was in Minneapolis with @leeodden and @toprank before. Plenty of people outside SV get it! @blenderhd

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @AdamSinger

        @AdamSinger @leeodden @toprank @blenderhd fair - I was just teasing ;)

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      2. Mɐx Bulger‏ @maxbulger 11 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent SV: Facebook, the company is important/has lots of mindshare. Outside SV: Facebook, the product, is important/has mindshare.

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Feb 2014
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        @maxbulger very true

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      1. Desi in the Valley‏ @TechBhurji 12 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent 100% agree. My programmer friends are waiting for death of FB for years. Ain't gonna happen.

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      1. Jamie Boyle‏ @jmibl 11 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent I'd add the PC to the list. Genuinely had people thinking that most office workers use Macs not Dells.

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      1. Esteban Uno‏ @knewscript 11 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent @jdebner I don't use either. #Linux

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