DISQUS

denton's pragmatic approach is certainly different from the recent moves made by om malik and paidcontent. that said, it's probably easier to make tough decisions when you already have a strong foundation to build upon. what's also interesting is clearly denton doesn't need the money so maybe gawker is part-business empire, part-experiment, part ego-vehicle.

that's funny. i wonder who's doing the laughing during the interview? is it winer or someone else? as for dvorak's mac tricks, i guess it's just part his m.o. so anyone who gets all riled up about it is missing the point.

mathew,
maybe o'reillly got advice about whether or not to patent web 2.0 from the same people who thought the vonage IPO was a good investment...:) bad move, tim, bad move.

mathew,
what i don't understand is who bought into the IPO and why? i mean, we all knew it was a money-losing dog that has to advertise like crazy to maintain any sense of momentum. yet, they were still able to sell more than $500-million of stock. i mean, what were these investors thinking? did they really believe that they would score if they jumped into the IPO rather than wait and see what unfolded. i mean, vonage isn't like the google IPO where "smart" investors stayed away because they thought it was expensive.

I wonder what mr. carr has against wikipedia. it's far from perfect but it is quickly becoming one of the reference tools on the web. perhaps he should start making contributions to wikipedia to ensure it's not dominated by "numbskulls".

mark

nice mesh plug - ever the salesman! as for ABC, they are trying to pull a delicate balancing act between embracing the web and not pissing off all of their affiliates.

he sounds like a sad and/or angry man.

he would have been better off focusing on the settlement amount, which is far more troubling financially and strategically than how google decides to release information. blodget is bang on when he points out google dismisses click fraud on one hand only to fork over $90M a week later.

i took a look at it a week or so ago. maybe it's just me but i don't get these online photo sharing, etc. services.

mathew,
othher than compensation, i just don't think it will drive traffic back to a blogger's "home" site because people will consume the content via blogburst and the move on. perhaps a few curious souls will check out who wrote the post but not very many. and why would you sign up otherwise if you don't know the compensation plan. it's very much web 2.0 in following the start-up model of "build it and we'll figure out a business model later".

nicely put; wonder what mr. carr is afraid of - a little competition, perhaps?

to be honest, i didn't realize opening multiple tabs sucked up so much memory. it may explain why my laptop slows to a crawl given i like to have 10 tabs opening at the same time. then again, it may be the laptop!

love the "google is cool, msft is not" idea. if truth be told, msft was never cool. it was always the kid who joined math club, while google played sports and flirted with the cheerleaders...or something like that.

mark

i guess i'm on the fence, although i don't receive too many spam comments. i must admit, however, that getting comments is gratifying because it suggests what you're saying is smart enough, dumb enough or provocative enough to make someone do something other than just click away.

mathew,
i share your skepticism. VC gone mad again...

mathew,
we need to get on the cool list so we get invited to these betas rather than having to beg...:)

mathew,
looks like you're addressing the perplexing issue of how blogs get ranked? one thing i've tried to tackle is how the cream gets risen to the top, and how one would define "cream". for what it's worth, the blogosphere is what it is, i think. you find the blogs you like, you blogroll, link and trackback to them, and that's all you can do.

mathew, don:
i'm totallly with you on the mystery of memeorandum. there are discussions about net neutrality where i have posted passionately and extensively but not appeared on the site. then i'll link to a businessweek story, for example, and - presto - i'm on the list.

mathew,
just realized i hadn't added you to my blogroll yet. my bad - consider it done.

mark

i like the anakin/darth vader analogy....don't be evil...yeah, right!

sometimes, it makes you want to pack up the kids (and wife, of course) and move to silicon valley until you realize a small bungalow is going to cost you an arm and a leg. still, a good offer to work within the centre of the high-tech universe.....

mathew,
now, this is an interesting idea. i like how you engage the people who comment on your posts. it can make an even interesting conversation.

apparently, i've been scraped as well. i guess it's a badge of honor!

mark

mathew,
i've tried flock and came away disappointed because it came too early and i don't see how it's going to be different enough from IE, opera and firefox to carve out a niche. i think what the performancing extension demonstrates is flock's lack of raison d'etre. if flock's biggest sizzle can be defused so easily, then what's the appeal?

mark