Category Archives: Mike Arrington

BlogWars Are Easily Defused When Meeting In Person

Looks like Arrington and Scoble have buried the hatchet, over their recent tiff regarding PodTech.  Blogwars are boring, I know, but its so funny how easily these things are defused when people actually meet people in person.

TechCrunch Launches Spawn on the Sly: Crunchbase Debuted, Like 2 Weeks Ago.

Well, I must have missed the newsletter or something — but it seems like TechCrunch launched its database of Web2.0 companies about two weeks ago, with an appropriately/cringeworthy “crunch” like moniker: Crunchbase.  And in fact,it may yet be in ’stealth’ as its not officially listed in the TechCrunchNetwork on the TechCrunch home page.
I did notice [...]

A Deep And Flawed Misunderstanding of A-Lists, Blogs, And Social Networks

… is being propagated by Hugh McLeod, who, once again, has decided to raise the egalitarian “Es Gibt Keine Einliste Es gibt keine A-Liste” (Or, “There is no A-list”, for our non-German reading readers). This issue seems to raise its head every few months, and I am continually flabbergasted that people such as Mr. [...]

Does Your Favourite Tech Blogger Disclose What Companies They Own? (Should They?)

In the interests of the “big D”, maybe they should.

The Unanswered Question About GrandCentral

Not that its going to be sold — there are lots of folks who think that its going to happen. 
For what its worth, I think it makes a lot of sense, from Google’s own desire to organize the world’s information.  GrandCentral allows users to have a central phone number, but it also allows users to [...]

Understanding The Real Nature Of “Conversational Marketing” (Its More Insidious Than PayPerPost)

Probably because the bloggers who are doing it aren’t aware of the kind of connections that are made.

… And Why It Actually Kind of Sucks To Meet Bloggers In Person

I usually love meeting bloggers in person. For me, certainly, its a chance to talk about things that I rarely get a chance to talk about with friends in my own social circle — and I think my wife has heard my crackpot theories about Digg about once too many times. But as [...]