SF News Central Market Watch: A Look at Developments Coming to 10th and Market While it's still a couple months before Twitter moves in to their new headquarters at 10th and Market, it's never too early to check in on how that whole neighborhood revitalization thing is
SF News Biz Stone Steps Away from Twitter for Obvious Reasons Or reasons obvious to the Twitter historians and superfans, anyway: In a blog post yesterday, Twitter co-founder and Stoli Vodka shill Biz Stone announced he'll be getting "out of the way" of Twitter's
SF News Morning-After Gay Pride Twitter Updates While we could barely bring ourselves to care much for yesterday's barrage of Twitter updates hashtagged with #sfpride -- we get it, there were a lot of families and same-sex couples in New
SF News Gavin Newsom Makes an Important Twitter Announcement Gavin Newsom, an authority when it comes to social media and politics, made an important announcement via that most concise social medium this morning. And the news may come as a surprise: .bbpBox{
SF News Buster Posey's Cast Now Tweeting For Some Reason In case you've ever wanted to send a brief, timely update to the plaster and gauze encasing a rookie of the year's broken lower extremity (and why wouldn't you?), here's your chance. At
SF News Chris Daly Would Like to Send You Pix of His Penis What with jarring drama stirring about a creepy Ed Lee election bid (more on that later), Chris Daly attempts to lighten things up. The former Supervisor and current bartender tips hit hat to
SF News Levi's, Maybe Twitter HQ to Become Tourist Attractions? San Franciscans may be anti-corporate in their politics, but the nation's tourists who visit here just might be fascinated enough with our brands to make them stops on their sight-seeing trips. That's what
SF News Twitter Given Credit for Breaking News of Osama Assassination (Or for Allowing the News to Be Broken) San Francisco-based Twitter is getting a bunch of credit for helping leak the huge of news of last night. Without Twitter, many news sources might not have gotten the pre-White House announcement heads
SF News Gavin Newsom Banging Out a Book on Social Media in Politics Word is out that Lieutenant Governor, former Mayor and adept twitter abbreviator Gavin Newsom just signed a deal with Penguin Books to pen a book about "the intersection of social media and government.
Arts & Entertainment Pet Peeves: Things That Are "Only in SF" San Francisco, as you know, is a unique and special flower. A city unlike any other where whimsical and unique things happen that would never occur anywhere else. Like Bay to Breakers. Or
SF News Supes' Twitter Proficiency Foreshadowed Tax Break Vote Over on the Chronicle, City Insider figured out the key to the Board's vote on the Twitter Tax Break: "The more you tweet, the more likely you were to vote for Twitter." (As
SF News S.F. Approves Twitter Tax Break The San Francisco Board of Supervisors overwhelmingly approved the controversial Twitter tax break today, a move that (hopefully) will keep the microblogging service from fleeing the city. "The measure passed by the Board
SF News Temporary Mayor Ed Lee Finally Weighs In On "Tempeh" District The one piece that's been missing from this Tenderloin/Tempeh story (first reported by SFist) was an actual response from just-for-now Mayor Mustache himself. The Examiner, ever-vigilant in their pursuit of a story,
SF News Evan Williams to Leave Twitter (Sorta) Via his personal blog, Nebraska farmboy turned Twitter co-founder Evan Williams (that's @ev to you) announced plans to leave the, ahem, microblogging service. He writes: After stepping down from CEO six months ago,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters Twitter Announcement Watch While we (and you!) rock back and forth in a near-catatonic state of anticipation for Alice Waters' big announcement -- on Twitter, no less! -- we'll keep you saffron-infused-olive-oil-poached abreast of her updates
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alice Waters Now On Twitter Philosopher and noted gastronome Alice Waters is on Twitter. At last! Because if we have to read another update about the artisanal fare someone is eating and/or drinking, we'd prefer it to
Arts & Entertainment Lady Gaga Stops By Twitter Headquarters Not to be outdone by Google, Twitter welcomed Lady Gaga to their SoMa offices this afternoon to talk with co-founder Evan Williams (@ev). "Just interviewed @Ladygaga at Twitter HQ. What a trip. Lovely,
SF News Twitter Tax Break Issue Causes a Stir, Could End Up on November Ballot As the Board's Budget and Finance committee gets set to review the Twitter Tax Break (neé "Payroll Expense Tax Exclusion in Central Market Street and Tenderloin Area") this Wednesday, rumblings are afoot. A
SF News Sympathy for the Farmville: Ed Lee and David Chiu Want to Keep Zynga in Town Too One of the biggest arguments against offering Twitter a tax break for staying in San Francisco and (hopefully) injecting some life in to mid-Market is the precedent it would set for other companies
SF News Twitter Intends to Stick Around (Assuming that Tax Break Goes Through) As we suspected, the fashionable employees at Twitter don't want to move to Brisbane any more than the city does. The company's CFO penned a letter of intent stating the company would sign
SF News Twitter Now Serves Over 1 Billion Per Week Five years after founder Jack Dorsey unleashed the first tweet ever - "inviting coworkers," is all it said - Twitter now racks up an estimated 1 billion updates a week. "Five years after
Arts & Entertainment Biz Stone, Tablehopper On Rachael Ray Tomorrow Say what you will about Rachael Ray, but we've never felt that disdain others do for the 30 Minute Meals hostess. Maybe because her Olive and Garlic Soft Cheese Spread has been a
SF News Patti LuPone Dissed at Twitter Headquarters? We refuse to believe that the fine folks at Twitter have never heard of Patti LuPone, who, among many other indefatigable accomplishments, was Corky's mom and the first American Evita Peron However, Leah
SF News Rumor Mill: Facebook, Google Eyeing Twitter Buy? Rumors are swirling - swirling! - about Google and Facebook conducting clandestine meetings about about buying Twitter. According to the Wall Street Journal, "Executives at both Facebook Inc. and Google Inc., among other
