Eww, and no custom avatar. Lame!

“Yeah, he’s going to fit right in here.”

+1

Yes! He was my boss at Novell back in 1997 when I was building Novell Web Server. Welcome!

I would love to get recommendations from the stuff he finds interesting on the web. I hope he does it, rather than just inform us of interviews – not many would watch it just because he informed us [or at least I think so].

He can still get a better username and also verify his account.

Rate :: 2 new followers per second….

Lets wait and watch his tweets.

Lists also gets increasing

why does it matter? and how is that an awful name ?

“zomg it has a number!” this is why macfags’ opinions are worthless.

Talk about an ‘Alphanumeric’ name :s

You sure it’s him?

OMG OMG OMG OMG MG Siegler. One more person is using twitter. OMG OMG me so excited!

Why is Eric Schmidt following Heidi Montag of all people

The nature of it is just weird. Google is a far larger company than Twitter. Google’s CEO isn’t even worthy of a professional looking account?

Anyway, I guess it’s his fault (and his parents for giving him such a common name). After all, he could have joined Twitter a while ago and got the username he wanted, but he refused, so ha!

It doesn’t really matter—I’ll give you that. Especially because he can change it later and get it verified.

Why is he following: http://twitter.com/MarissaAnnMayer ?
(should be: http://twitter.com/MarissaMayer)

Ha Ha, it’s always interesting to see what the big guys have to talk about! I saw an interesting tweet from Tony Hsieh, the Zappos Ceo, the other day. He tweeted that they were installing radios in the bathrooms, and he was glad because it would have been awkward to install bathroom DJ’s! TMI or what??? So, for all of those that have been clammoring for the inside scoop at Google, now’s our chance! Welcome to the party, Eric, better late than never!

Try the New Google Search.
http://www.zjtechlive.com/try-the-new-google-search/

my bad, didn’t introduce myself well. nice of you to have the twitter box here TechCrunch!

ha. i noticed that too. and p. diddy.

deep breaths.

Ah, and BTW “eschmidt0″ is a string never been seen before on the net. But hey, that has no meaning. Forget about it. Anyone has a Wave invite?

I put him on my list of tech company executives: http://twitter.com/Scobleizer/tech-company-executives Thanks MG.

I dismissed his “poor mans e-mail” comment when it was made earlier but re-reading it tonight gave me a different perspective. I’m an avid Twitter user but I can’t seem to get myself to use Facebook. I’ve figured out why…

Twitter is open and public by default, I don’t want my e-mail open and public, I don’t want other people looking at my “e-mail timeline”.

Facebook on the other hand is private by default and things I would share with my “friends” on Facebook I share with them via e-mail.

Oops, I accidentally hit “report for spam”, sorry Eric.
(No, just kidding, i followed)

If he was going to use a number anyways, I would have liked @3ricschmidt (and its available too).

so l33t

i do what i can for you lists robert :)

Eww. That is totally weird.

So, what about Larry and Sergey? Are they going to join too?

[...] Trending Topic: With An Awful Name [...]

I love that he’s following 50 Cent, Janet Jackson, Diddy, and Heidi Montag. Oh Eric…

You didn’t get it: you were in the internet ten years ago, you have a nickname; you weren’t, you have a user name…

ah yes, a CEO who forgot to find a ‘good’ username… He is still human, is he? so what could be the fuzz..? Oh I get it, CEO of a Big Company must act perfect and accordingly to his position, aren’t they? Good. Maybe the next report we will be hearing is how ‘Steve Ballmer’ mispelled the word ‘Windows 7′ while sending a tweet to Bill Gates (If ever those 2 ceo’s have a twitter in the 1st place)

As for the google wave part, Some people still has no clue what google wave is. It’s one of the most “expected” BIG-BANG of Google this year and for year 2010 when its fully released.

Here’s the reason why google wave is one of the best: http://bit.ly/google-wave-why-should-you-use-it

His name is actually quite smart, this way he can always track his name, without using hashtags…more people are named Eric Schmidt…

Twitter is an interesting service and it good be used for very good things or very bad things. Especially with the new geo location feature that just came out…

Don’t be hard on him because of his Twitter name – it’s Twitter’s fault for doing something as lame as vanity names so early on in its lifecycle — it has no room to scale because in a year or so you’ll have to do something like “eric1967sf” or something ridiculous.

Glad to hear this. Eric Schmidt is without a doubt the greatest CEO in the history of mankind and I will now follow him on Twitter.

Ha! This is funny! Couldn’t he have chosen a creative name rather than “0″ at the end LOL

Uhh.. doesn’t anybody else have the feeling this is a hoax…?

he looks evil

Are you sure it’s him? Seems a little weird.

I would suggest to merge with Twitter and tell them to give him a nice name!

[...] Read the original post:  Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Twitter (With An Awful Name) (TechCrunch) [...]

First of all, numbers in usernames are retarded no matter what operating system you use.

And second, your opinion reeks of bias, considering you used “Windows” as your name. Obvious troll is obvious.

he should go for eschmi~1

OMG, 3-4 posts today about Google from their favourite in-house reporter.

MG = Mostly Google (x4)

I find this name is pretty 1337.

I’m not following him until he says something interesting enough to get retweeted into my stream. But, I’m glad he’s having some fun. CEO is a tough gig, no matter how cool/wealthy your company is.

[...] TechCrunch shared this info from the weekend. Current Googlers such as Hunter Walk (YouTube) and former Googlers such as Chris Sacca welcomed Schmidt to the service tonight, pointing to his account, eschmidt0. Yes, you’d think he could have gotten a better name (for example, ericschmidt is currently suspended, and presumably available). But maybe he’s continuing Google’s love affair with 1s and 0s. [...]

[...] micro-blogging service as a “poor man’s email,” Google CEO Eric Schmidt has decided to become one with the unwashed masses. Posted by Brinke at 9:56 am | View Comments | Links to [...]

@Carly, obviously you misjudge the numbers in username. Your one sided opinion just proves how you rationalize things. “numbers in usernames are retarded” is one, and second is “no matter what O.S you are trying to use”.

And where did you get all that info? from your brewery of facts you called your ‘brain’ ? You do know how to search google, don’t you?

Obviously, an orc-head is obvious

Why is Eric following @MarissaAnnMayer (a fake) instead of @marissamayer ?

This is definitely a fake profile.

carly, you dumb cunt, you dont know shit.

maybe because that’s the best twitter had to recommend to him?

One would expect him to pick a handle like 0100010101110011, 3.1415926535, or DontBeEvil

That account is now gone so it must’ve been fake

And now it’s back and changed….that was weird, maybe some Googler’s who are used to Twitter had to straighten it out for him

Or not….”Felipe Barreto”

Eric Schmidt or twitter changed his id to http://twitter.com/ericschmidt

now, http://twitter.com/eschmidt0 points to some random guy named Felipe Barreto

The name on the profile is Felipe Barreto

btw… he has already an verified account.

@ericschmidt

No Avatar?

Fuck it, someone get him a puppy.

[...] night, we wrote about Google CEO Eric Schmidt joining Twitter. Unfortunately, he chose a truly awful name for his account, eschmidt0. We wondered why he [...]

it’s not his account.

thanks for the clarification.

It would appear that the two accounts have swapped now… @ericschmidt is a Verified account and lists the two tweets mentioned in the article. (And @eschmidt0 is a troll)

If this is a fake profile, that should be embarrassing to both MG and TC, regardless of iterative journalism.

squirrelboy is still available

the best part his he learnt making an account on twitter in two days, i am amazed why didn’t Google PR helped him figure @ericschmidt earlier

http://thetechnologycafe.com/google-ceo-eric-schmidt-now-on-twitter/

[...] if you count Sunday as the start of the week, I guess you could throw in Google CEO Eric Schmidt finally joining Twitter as another [...]

lol +1

Why would Schmidt tweet after all? Looks like advertising on Twitter is cheaper than on Google Ads.

Radio in the bathroom? Pinch it off and get back to work!

[...] CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Twitter (With An Awful Name) – http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/06/eric-schmidt-twitter/ [...]

[...] Looks like Google CEO Eric Schmidt has adopted an “If you can’t acquire beat them, join them” attitude when it comes to Twitter. After calling the tool a “poor man’s email” last March, Schmidt began Tweeting last night. [...]

+1

Every week, there used to be 10”s of texts hitting my mobile from twitter (on account of following TC). Since Google was so busy tweeting this week, I see that number being doubled. First Goog’s message would hit me, soon followed by TC’s saying ‘wow goog’s got yada yada…….’

[...] to broadcast their “message” to users (think @ericschmidt) as TechCrunch suggests here. Irrespective of the rationale behind their joining, the correct way to tweet is to share your [...]

[...] durch eine andere Frage in den Hintergrund gedrängt: Warum hat sich Googles CEO eine solch schrecklichen Twitter-Usernamen zugelegt, nämlich: eschmidt0? Keiner weiß es so genau, aber nur kurze Zeit, nachdem die [...]

[...] xavierv on 7 décembre 2009 Techcrunch vient tout juste de repérer que le CEO de Google, Eric Schmidt, vient d’ouvrir un nouveau compte Twitter sous le blase [...]

[...] eine andere Frage in den Hintergrund gedrängt: Warum hat sich Googles CEO eine solch schrecklichen Twitter-Usernamen zugelegt, nämlich: eschmidt0? Keiner weiß es so genau, aber nur kurze Zeit, nachdem die [...]

[...] Google’s Eric Schmidt startet twitter Profil Dezember 7, 2009 Posted by webmodul in News, Online Marketing. trackback Der CEO von Google hat ein twitter Profil angelegt und zwitschert ab sofort. Das ist eigentlich sehr verwunderlich, so war es doch genau Eric Schmidt der den Dienst twitter in der Vergangenheit nur sanft belächelt hat. Vor einigen Monaten noch erklärte er, dass twitter „nur die E-Mail für Arme“ ist. Nun schreibt auch Techcrunch darüber. [...]

hilarious – he is following lady gaga…never knew he was a fan…

Welcome aboard.

Strange mish-mash of followers he has chosen, but welcome anyways.

[...] Looks like Google CEO Eric Schmidt has adopted an “If you can’t acquire beat them, join them” attitude when it comes to Twitter. After calling the tool a “poor man’s email” last March, Schmidt began Tweeting last night. [...]

[...] TechCrunch falls into this with a spoofed Eric Schmidt joins Twitter. Post first, ask later. Rather than correct the incorrect article, let it run for the [...]

So, Eric, are you a “FAT-CAT” as well, or just part of the constituency? This isn’t about health care is it, or, FOR the American people? If it were you wouldn’t be doing any of this because you hear us loud and clear; we don’t want it. obomma and his minion of “brains full of porridge” including Western Europe preach the false religion that is liberalism. It’s like listening to complete idiots try to sell us vacuum cleaners, but all they suck up are cronies.

[...] Google also takes the time to note how committed to using Twitter they are. Since starting to tweet in February, Google has sent over 1,000 messages (almost all of which are self-promoting, like any good Twitter user). And while their account isn’t quite as popular as Lady Gaga’s (something which they bemoan), they do have about 2 million followers of their main account now. Oh, and they’ve set up some 75 other Twitter accounts for their various properties (they actually have a directory) — something which we poked fun at in July. Even CEO Eric Schmidt finally joined up. [...]

[...] dismissing it as somewhat trivial earlier in the year. However, when he first joined, he was stuck with the awful AOL-era generic name, @eschmidt0. Within a day, he had secured the more appropriate @ericschmidt [...]

All I can say is awesome =)

Good job on branding your own name on Twitter

[...] suggesting that Google CEO Eric Schmidt may have just created a Facebook profile for himself, after signing up for Twitter in early December 2009 and right on the heels of Microsoft founder Bill Gates setting up an account [...]

It doesn’t really matter—I’ll give you that. Especially because he can change it later and get it verified.