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Bubble Boy Blodget Blasts Bubble 2.0
Henry Blodget is very much a poster boy for the dotcom bubble. The former Wall Street analyst and now editor of Business Insider, knows bubbles very well. You could say he helped build Bubble 1.0 with...
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An Evening At Swagapalooza: An Experimental Marketing Event
There was good turnout for Swagapalooza Tuesday evening at the DNA Lounge n San Francisco. This is an experiment in viral marketing. About 150 bloggers were invited to hear pitches from people with...
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Old Habits Continue: No Links In Traditional Media ... Or PR
Anthony DeRosa is Media Product Manager at Reuters. He writes:Blogger ethics tend to be better than traditional journalism ethics when it comes to linking to sources. It's actually far more likely you...
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Is Cisco's Management By Committee To Blame For Woes?
Over the past couple of years Cisco has shifted management responsibilities to internal committees, as many as 59 or more.John Chambers, CEO, has spoken about how it was initially difficult for him to...
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Google Partner Sites Show Weak Growth - Bad News For Publishers
Google's Q1 2011 financial results show a significant shift in revenues away from its partner sites in its AdSense advertising network.Google [$GOOG] typically relies on partner sites for about 30% of...
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First Meeting Of SFCurators Salon...
Last Thursday was the inaugural meeting of SFCurators Salon in North Beach and I couldn't be more happier about the turnout (see below).I set up the group with my colleague Oliver Starr as a place...
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Google's Search For Quality... And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
Google regularly changes its algorithm and it's a smart move because all the companies that were trying to game Google -- and were succeeding in taking advantage of the some 200 rules that make up the...
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Silicon Valley Is Back - Best Year Since Boom Of 2000
It's taken a decade but Silicon Valley companies have climbed out of dotcom dotbomb recession and reported their most profitable year in history.The San Jose Mercury News reports that 2010 was a banner...
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NYC's Top VC Fred Wilson Fails To Avoid Media Spotlight
AdWeek reporter Dylan Byers published an interesting profile of Fred Wilson, the New York City based venture capitalist.NYC Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson Is Rich and Grumpy | Adweek
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Unethical Founders And The Next Generation Of Startups
The film "The Social Network" has helped to make startups popular among young people the world over. It's just one factor inspiring new generations of entrepreneurs hoping to succeed through innovation...
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Is There A Future For HyperLocal Media? Guardian Shuts Sites; AOL Recruiting...
Local is the new frontier. Local ads, deals, and services represent a massive business opportunity for the Internet giants and media companies.But local ads need local content and that local content...
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Will Co-Founder Biz Stone Be Next To Leave Twitter?
Back in March I predicted that Twitter co-founder Ev Williams might not be around for much longer:Twitter Is 5 Years Old - What's Its Future? It's In The Tweets... -
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New Smartphone Envy - Two-Thirds Say Stuck With Old Phones
The power of the new: Retrevo, the consumer electronics buyers guide, conducted a survey that finds 62% of smartphone owners believe they are stuck with obsolete devices because of their two-year...
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Techcrunch Editor Discloses Investments, Admits To Conflicts Of Interests
Mike Arrington, editor and founder of Techcrunch, an AOL company, today disclosed his investments in some high profile startups.He said he had refrained from making investments in startups since 2009...
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Out And About: Techcrunch Bombshell Draws Lots Of Passionate Critics
I went out to several parties last night related to the AppNation conference that's in town and spoke to a lot of developers and others about the revelation that Techcrunch editor Mike Arrington is...
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Wow! Kara Swisher Investigation Forced Arrington To Disclose Investments
Kara Swisher, editor of "All Things Digital," reported that Techcrunch Editor Mike Arrington disclosed his investments in startups following her questions about the matter, put to AOL senior management.
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Bullshit: Arrington Claims Relationships Are Bigger Problem Than Money
Mike Arrington, the Techcrunch editor who was forced to disclose his investments by Kara Swisher, Editor of All Things Digital, is trying to prove that relationships are a larger problem than money in...
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More Thoughts On Curation And Rescuing Content From The Obscurity Of The...
Last week I wrote about the tyranny of the timeline and how good content disappears once it is pushed off the home page and into the archives.[How Curation Can Rescue Great Content From The Tyranny Of...
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WeekendWatcher: "April In Paris" In San Francisco - Art, Music, Culture...
My friend David Rozelle is organizing this event at Workspace in San Francisco Saturday evening. It was great fun last year, I expect the same this year.Please join me:
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Should The New York Times Be Carrying Techcrunch Stories?
The New York Times has an ethics policy that bars its reporters from investing in companies in their beat coverage. So why is it publishing Techcrunch headlines?
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