There are a lot of reasons I took the opportunity to sell Birdfeed when I did—the personal toll the bruising iPhone Twitter client market was taking on me, imminent financial concerns, the opportunity to be an early employee at Square—but without a doubt, my perception of an emerging, strong product direction at Twitter played a big part.
It’s silly to say, but I still miss using Birdfeed. Twitterrific works wondefully, but nothing quite has the elegance Birdfeed did.