Talking to Nick Halstead, the CEO and founder of DataSift, he said that his company was “blindsided” by Twitter’s announcement, which it made without any warnin

Talking to Nick Halstead, the CEO and founder of DataSift, he said that his company was “blindsided” by Twitter’s announcement, which it made without any warning to DataSift. He should have totally seen it coming and been prepared. When you don't think about the future and don't have the foresight to build competencies to take advantage of what you discover, you end up being blindsided. This is not about hating on Twitter or siding with them, it's pure competition.