Judging from the long row of irrelevant postings on TechCrunch lately, here is my last prediction for 2007:
TechCrunch will be replaced by one or more better, more relevant blogs, as Michael Arrington moves to invest more money in start-ups and leaves the blogosphere. The post that will bring down the house will be about whether [...]
Don Dodge and Todd Zeigler today write about Robert Scoble’s recent travels with now presidential candidate John Edwards. Here is what Don Dodge had to say:
The political world has already adopted blogs as a political tool. It will be interesting to see if 2007 will be the year that political blogs cross over to the [...]
Scott Karp sums up everything that needs to be said about the incessant attempts of corporations to buy “conversations”:
If you want to sell me something, at least be honest about it. Don’t pretend that you want to “have a conversation” or be my “friend.” You’re the seller, I’m the buyer — when I understand the [...]
There is an increasing number of alarmist and sensationalist posts on the net today, saying that Google has accidentally deleted mail in the accounts of various users.
Simply put: it didn’t.
These users were hit with a malicious exploit of a known bug in Firefox 2.0. Maybe Google should keep a backup of your data, but [...]
I couldn’t help but laugh when I read the following in a post on VentureBeat about the new Digg investment round:
Update: We’ve just talked with Greylock investor David Sze, who says Greylock and Omidyar weren’t interested in having an outside investor dilute their holdings, and that Digg’s management didn’t want to waste time in trying [...]
Looks like Digg raised more venture capital. Good for them, but if they could not get acquired for $150 million, now that they have raised more VC, wouldn’t the VC’s be shooting for an even higher return on their investment?
I also but I agree with some of the comments on TechCrunch that wonder why Digg [...]
This guy even manages to invoke Godwin’s law in trying to explain why he is going to keep the laptop. Nice job:
When I got the e-mail giving me a choice betwen (sic!) a couple systems, I was told that I could either give the system away, or keep it for myself. Being the selfish greedy [...]
If you want to see a good run-down of the different opinions regarding the Microsoft laptop giveaway/loaner program, just read the comments on Scoble’s blog.
Here is my basic stance:
If it was a loaner to begin with – it’s fine with me.
If it was meant to be a gift – it was a bribe and unethical.
Overall, [...]
It’s that time of the year – so without further ado, here are my predictions for 2007:
the end of MySpace
users will recongnize that MySpace sucks and will either move over to facebook (not much better, but better), or find something else to waste their time on
mobile social networks will be a no-show
why? cause nobody really [...]
Michael Arrington reports that PayPerPost is about to announce the acquisition of blog tools and services company Performancing (they just started their own ad network, by the way).
Update: the deal has been announced:
“PayPerPost is committed to furthering the development of a strong and viable professional blogging community. Performancing has created several very innovative services that [...]
I really don’t get why Scoble is going to cover the Edward’s campaign. Apparently this is paid for by PodTech – but why? Edwards, besides not getting nominated anyway, is a marginal figure at best and a completely useless item to carry on a tech show. Basically, Scoble is wasting his time, or worse, he [...]
The Laughing Squid yesterday reported, Microsoft’s PR firm Edelman sent him a laptop, with “no strings attached” and on another blog, a Microsoft employee left the following message:
“Full disclosure – while I hope you will blog about your experience with the pc, you don’t have to. Also, you are welcome to send the machine back [...]
The Inquirer says it is about time for the mainstream media world to understand what a blog is:
Let’s start with a definition, a blog is short for a web log, that is someone writing about their personal experiences, sometimes on a specific topic, sometimes not. Some are formatted in the classic blog way with text [...]
Andrew Baron of Rocketboom fame is about to launch a new video network, squarely aiming at Podtech and Podshow (a bit of an easy target, but still).
Source: Dembot: Abbey Corps
Jeff Pulver and I have co-founded a new studio network.
And so begins Abbey Corps.
My next clue will reveal which other shows are a [...]
