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1 month ago
in Twitter is the New Digg, Only This Time with Celebrities on Bob Caswell
actually first it was youtube, then digg, then facebook, then twitter. I think we'll be 3/4 and mayb 4/4.
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Bob Caswell
@arrington Wait, which one are you saying is the maybe (in terms of being "disruptive") out of youtube, digg, facebook, and twitter?
4 months ago
in On the Tech Blog Echo on ParisLemon
+1
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MG Siegler
Thanks Mike. And welcome back :)
4 months ago
in Suggestion: Talk To The Source on A VC
I think you're picking up a pitchfork and jumping into the mob a bit. and partially at our expense. a lot of stuff goes on behind the scenes in blogging that's just about the ugliest stuff I've ever seen. That didn't happen until your pros arrived. And the spin that's included in today's tech news blogs, which is what accounts for most of what you call pro journalism, is awful.
Yesterday one of your pros wrote a blog post with very little information. we wrote a longer, significantly more accurate piece an hour later. Your pro updated their post with all of our information and absolutely no attribution.
careful what you wish for.
Yesterday one of your pros wrote a blog post with very little information. we wrote a longer, significantly more accurate piece an hour later. Your pro updated their post with all of our information and absolutely no attribution.
careful what you wish for.
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fredwilson
Hi Mike
Who are the "pros"?
I didn't use that term in my post so I am not sure what you are referring to
Certainly TC are pros and I think TC does a good job, maybe not as thorough as I've seen Kara be about a story, but certainly more thorough than the post on louisgray or even cnet
Who are the "pros"?
I didn't use that term in my post so I am not sure what you are referring to
Certainly TC are pros and I think TC does a good job, maybe not as thorough as I've seen Kara be about a story, but certainly more thorough than the post on louisgray or even cnet
brandingme
Mob? I think Fred was pretty fair in simply asking bloggers to confirm with *the* source.
And careful what we wish for? What about TechCrunch recent run-in with LastFM??
And careful what we wish for? What about TechCrunch recent run-in with LastFM??
9 months ago
in Initial Thoughts On MySpace Music on A VC
Fred, is the playlist linked on your myspace profile page?
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9 months ago
in Third Party Comment Systems Go Mainstream on A VC
"I firmly believe that most innovation comes from companies that are fighting for their survival and new customers without a safety net."
I love that sentence.
I love that sentence.
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fredwilson
We will see how it plays out in third party comments Mike. I know that the
Disqus team is now working even harder to push the envelope.
Disqus team is now working even harder to push the envelope.
10 months ago
in TechCrunch redesigns: over undesigned? on Online Media Cultist
So I actually think minimalist is just starting to come around again. So many blogs that I read have so much going on, which is both distracting and results in huge page loads. We're moving away from that. I keep looking at my iPhone with a single button and thinking "I want the website equivalent of that."
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Eric Berlin
I think the "too much going on" thing often has to do with too many ads (wrote a story a few months ago about how Mashable is overloaded with ad-clutter) or unnecessary widgets.
The aesthetics of design are of course endlessly subjective and this is simply one online media cultist's opinion. About a return to minimalism: I have noticed some tech blogs trending this way, come to think about it. I find Mathew Ingram's site to be quite a bit more stark/minimalist than it used to be for instance.
Anyway, the design of blogs is in some ways like naming websites/products. It doesn't matter but it does matter but...
The aesthetics of design are of course endlessly subjective and this is simply one online media cultist's opinion. About a return to minimalism: I have noticed some tech blogs trending this way, come to think about it. I find Mathew Ingram's site to be quite a bit more stark/minimalist than it used to be for instance.
Anyway, the design of blogs is in some ways like naming websites/products. It doesn't matter but it does matter but...
11 months ago
in Exact reasons why I won't be at the TechCrunch party tomorrow on Loic Le Meur
party?
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loicdirect@gmail.com
At august capital, not a party? Ah, question of vocabulary :)
1 year ago
in Online entertainment is a joke on Shooting at Bubbles
you'll always have bittorrent. :-)
1 reply
StevenHodson
You obviously haven't been paying attention to the push that your entertainment industry has been making against our Government to make the ruling party change the laws that have been working for us over to ones just like yours in the States. So BitTorrent may soon not be an option for us anymore either.
1 year ago
in Twitter Q&A: Nice Spin, But Lets Focus On Uptime on The Inquisitr
yeah, i wasn't wrong. :-)
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Duncan Riley
you were wrong in retrospect. Twitter own dodgy uptime numbers (they are seriously claiming 97% this month) even prove it, performance has gotten worse since Cook left, the buck didn't stop with him.
1 year ago
in Aggregation Wins - Not So Fast on A VC
so, putting aside which is better, more popular, etc., here's a question - which one would you rather own? I own one of them, and I have to say I'm not 100% sure that techmeme isn't a more valuable property.
Gabe created some real technology, solved real problems, and has withstood the test of time for almost three years now.
Gabe created some real technology, solved real problems, and has withstood the test of time for almost three years now.
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Sam
Great comment Michael.
I would love to see feedback on which was more valuable although I don't think you can separate "better" and "popular" from potential and value. In analyzing the relative value of these two offerings it is important to remember they are both media companies. The comments in this thread illustrate the popularity of both offerings and also how different people prefer to consume media. One of the difficulties in forming a view on the relative value is the lack of/limited information available. At the moment i see a trade-off between audience and economics. Full disclosure: I do not fully understand the underlying cost structure of either company. Based on the chart above Techcrunch have a materially larger audience but intuitively i see the economics of an aggregation service such as Techmeme as more compelling. However as with any valuation it is all about the future potential.
Is there an element of Google v Mahalo here? If not I think there is potential for a similar issue to arise in the future.
Irrespective of your view of Michael and Techcrunch you have to appreciate how they front up with a view, break news and participate in the subsequent discussion.
Michael's participation in this thread illustrates Fred's view "The comments here at avc are the best thing about this blog".
Finally I completely agree with Chartreuse's comment.
I would love to see feedback on which was more valuable although I don't think you can separate "better" and "popular" from potential and value. In analyzing the relative value of these two offerings it is important to remember they are both media companies. The comments in this thread illustrate the popularity of both offerings and also how different people prefer to consume media. One of the difficulties in forming a view on the relative value is the lack of/limited information available. At the moment i see a trade-off between audience and economics. Full disclosure: I do not fully understand the underlying cost structure of either company. Based on the chart above Techcrunch have a materially larger audience but intuitively i see the economics of an aggregation service such as Techmeme as more compelling. However as with any valuation it is all about the future potential.
Is there an element of Google v Mahalo here? If not I think there is potential for a similar issue to arise in the future.
Irrespective of your view of Michael and Techcrunch you have to appreciate how they front up with a view, break news and participate in the subsequent discussion.
Michael's participation in this thread illustrates Fred's view "The comments here at avc are the best thing about this blog".
Finally I completely agree with Chartreuse's comment.
Robert Seidman
While I read TechCrunch regularly and perhaps even more frequently than TechMeme, I'd rather "OWN" TechMeme. It is real technology and it scales over multiple topics. It's hard to increase the "utility" of TechCrunch, while it wouldn't be hard for Gabe to increase utility by creating a Meme just for NFL Football.
I loves me some WeSmirch.com! Thank you, Gabe!
I loves me some WeSmirch.com! Thank you, Gabe!
