"New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move." - David Letterman

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An interesting conversational thread totally consisting of "140-character tweets [which] are often decontextualised misleading and irresponsible":

@skinnylatte: RT @danielgoh: Singapore Startups Kick Ass Overseas, Gets Ignored At Home As Usual

Post extract:

"The Singapore press? Nary a whimper. As usual, Singapore startups get no love from the local media...

If things don’t change, our startups will start to wither on the stalk here despite the acclaim they get overseas. And they’ll start leaving by the droves, despite whatever carrots the local government agencies dangle in their faces."

@dsng: The thrill of recognition aside though, how important is it really for a startup to get Sg media coverage?

@gssq: I think the answer is something along encouraging others

@dsng: I suppose but the original post seemed to suggest a deep injustice was done to the startups, which seems quite parochial to me.

@gssq: Singapore is quite parochial :)

@bernise: I dunno about injustice, but I def get a sense of deep annoyance - perhaps of the seemingly narrow view ..

@dsng: I don't agree with the writer's annoyance. Comes across as "it is your duty to write abt this" not "you're missing a great story".

@skinnylatte: encouraging others is one, but lack of interest in local-*whatever* is symptomatic of a wider... culture that needs to change

@gssq: I support whatever is GOOD, not whatever is LOCAL