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I used Redfin to find my house. Find. It was a fantastic service that I used for house hunting, but never actually used their service in a way in which they would make money off of me.

I think what the editors at The Standard did in the case you mention was look at the two (or 3) main big boys and weighed in on who seemed to have the best chance for financial success.

One thing I noticed about Redfin when I used it was it had a fairly small coverage area, although luckily it included mine. If memory serves, it only included five areas around the US.

Joost and Hulu are interesting, but there are so many similar services going on it is tough to say which will succeed and which will fail.

I disagree on Twitter. While the UI may not be elegant, there is a ton of potential as a backend service and it has critical mass within the tech savvy crowd. I think it'll be a big hit going forward.

I love Twitter. I think the question is, beyond trying to get bought out/acquired, what is the business model? After reading that article, I just asked myself, how will they pay those 16 employees after the funding is gone (if that ever happens any time soon is another question). It has a strong, almost fanatical fanbase (and its fair share of marketing trolls), but where's the money going to come from? Adsense for Twitter?
meh. this smells a lot like speculation without real facts.

for example, trulia will succeed but zillow will fail? perhaps, but they really don't have a totally different model. maybe they should have considered redfin, as they do have a substantially different model.