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Bear Hug Camp
Unconference made unbearable by unattendees
Friday's Bear Hug Camp, a software developer's meetup to discuss Twitter-like "microblogging" services, proved Internet commenters can prickle even the grizzliest Web 2.0 advocate. "Steve Gillmor decided to look at feedback on the Twitter and Identica services," a tipster emailed. "After reading out loud multiple comments calling him an A**hole, as well as other choice words, Gillmor commented he didn't want to do this anymore and made Leo Laporte take over, despite Leo's plea for him to stay." We waited for the video. It takes forever to watch, so here's the summary: At 11:40 into Session 3, Gillmor packs up and walks off ("OK, take care..."), leaving the event in the hands of Laporte, a TV host turned videoblogger, but he returns at 1:22:15 to take over an API whiteboarding session. You can check out any time you like, Steve, but you can never leave.
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By Paul BoutinComment by Cynical Tech Media Bitch: You can't call Gillmor an a-hole with any authority until you've worked around him. Don't even ask what it's like... more » | Other threads
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podtech
PodTech fuckup roundup
PodTech, the video podcast network apparently dedicated to screwing over as many people as possible without actually profiting from it, has dropped so many fresh cowpies that I need to pack OH MY GOD SIX STINKING STORIES into one post, just so I don't overload and nauseate the people who aren't gleefully watching this bullshit company get properly prison-raped. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by elvenjewel: Seriously, I've seen Scoble around the blogosphere in different places and he just oozes entitlement and self-importance. Don't even... more » | Other threads
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michael arrington
Mike Fights: The battles of TechCrunch's Michael Arrington
What happened to the nice Mike Arrington? We don't pretend to know, but now that the formerly friendly TechCrunch blogger has transformed into Fighting Mike, here's a round-up of his feuds and feuds-to-come. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by IgorTheTroll: Michael Arrington has become a major Troll. But this makes one wonder if there was either a nice Mike! A Troll... more » | Other threads
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six apart
Remainders: Your alter ego is named "Kind of a dick"
- You can make yourself famous by programming at a social network. [Craigslist]
- But you can make yourself more famous by not programming at all. [Steve Yegge]
- Six Apart is censoring Tribe.net founder Mark Pincus, who uses their TypePad service. [Mark Pincus]
- Whizzr, hoflickr, and mulletbook: three dot-com mashups the world never asked for. [Dead 2.0]
- It's true, Gillmor Gang podcast host Steve Gillmor core-dumped spicey details of his career to me off the record. That's why I need you to guess what he said and report it, so I can print that. [Steve Gillmor's Inforouter]
- Sorry, kids, no more free iPods in return for selling out your friends. [Bad Mark]
- Half a million bank workers protest outsourcing. Why is this funny? Click through. [Financial Times]
- BBC techie Ben Metcalfe says it's okay that he scandalized his employer — it was his alter ego "dotBen" that did it. Wow, I want an alter ego too! Mine is named Bonecrusher! What's yours? [Ben Metcalfe]
- The bookie BetUS.com handicaps the race for Top Technorati-linked Blog. [BetUS]
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steve gillmor
A chat with a crazy uncle: Begging Steve Gillmor for info
Everyone knows that TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington had a falling out with tech writer Nick Carr on the Gillmor Gang podcast. But Gang host Steve Gillmor hasn't published that part of the show. (He's released Part 1, which consists of everyone trashing Valleywag. It's cute.) In the meantime, we've deduced how it went down. Unsatisfied with that, I tried to wrangle some coherent explanation out of Steve. Here's a long snippet of the conversation. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Blackjack: Pop quiz time! Stevie G is: 1) Not just barking, but howling mad 2) So far around the twist he's completely sane and... more » | Other threads
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steve gillmor
Another guide to the Gillmor Gang for anyone who's still confused
If today's lengthy introduction to the Gillmor Gang didn't explain who Steve Gillmor, Michael Arrington, Nick Carr, and Jason Calacanis are, this simple chart ought to do it. Below are the names, positions, and recent exploits of four highly respected members of the tech industry. More » -
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A guide to the Gillmor Gang and its latest nerdfight
So the weekly podcast "The Gillmor Gang" is in limbo as members Michael Arrington, Steve Gillmor, and Nick Carr fight their personal demons. I'm wondering the same thing you are about this tiff: Who are these guys, what's their problem, and why should I care? More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Paul Montgomery: Great, so he can be both armless and legless! But only if someone gives him a straw. more » | Other threads
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various wired or tired ripoffs
Waste it or taste it
Speaking of Wired Magazine's Wired/Tired/Expired (née Wired/Tired) feature, it's time for another ripoff of that cultural hot-or-not. Today, let's call this feature "waste it or taste it." More » -
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steve gillmor
Steve Gillmor is dead
While all the happenin', relevant journalists were out at the book party for Wired editor Chris Anderson, ZDNet writer Steve Gillmor was at home shutting down his blog, "InfoRouter" (Alternative title: "An Incoherent Truth"). More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Blackjack: Heh. Someone asked him on the blog post if he was going to work for Netscape now. more » | Other threads
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zdnet
ZDNet: The Fox News of tech journalism
Once, ZDNet was a respectable outlet for level-headed journalists. Then it gave everyone a blog and every day was Someone-unlocked-the-madhouse Day. Today, for example: More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Nick Douglas: Blackjack - watch the PMS jokes, you're funnier than that. more » | Other threads
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marc canter
Crazy uncle update: Sleepy, Grumpy, and Doc
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gnomedex
Geek out: Chris Pirillo pulls a Jackson at Gnomedex
Okay, since everyone asked, here's your fanservice. Now geez, Robert Scoble, stop with the booty calls. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Nick Douglas: Ye gods, this should NOT be topping TechMeme. more » | Other threads
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michael arrington
Arrington engages the Valley's crazy uncles
The Three Stooges of Silicon Valley found a Shemp. After Michael Arrington spoke at Dave Winer's BloggerCon, the TechCrunch blogger got sucked into Winer's little club — Winer, Marc Canter, and Steve Gillmor. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Paul Montgomery: When Arrington starts growing a beard, we'll know his training is complete. more » | Other threads
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journalists
This is how we write things now.
There's a rumor going 'round that lots of reporters are reading blogs. So apropos of nothing (and because it's the middle of the afternoon and I'm drinking at the House of Shields), the Valley journo circuit needs new rules from now on. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by George: Brin gets snubbed by everyone, celibate stoner chicks and crooked politicians alike. Guy just can't catch a break. more » | Other threads
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microsoft
F500 roundup: Revolving door in Bangalore
Time for another roundup of the top dogs in tech, with names in bold for easy skimmin': More » -
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Tom Morris is a very funny fellow, right
Blogger Tom Morris does, um, something with OPML or whatnot. But bugger that — he makes clever Silicon Valley comics like this nerdhunt: More » -
jason calacanis
Calacanis almost makes the Gillmor Gang fun again
Right. I just got around to playing last week's Gillmor Gang tech podcast. It's safe to listen. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Jason Chen: That pose looks more like David Brent than Quentin: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/characters/images/da... more » | Other threads
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nick carr
Wagged, sagged, body-bagged: Things we've decided are dead
Nick Carr, long-time flamebaiter turned linkbaiter, declares Wikipedia dead. (No fair pointing at the very live site!) We can't let Nick be the only one gunning for Steve Gillmor's coroner job. So in the interest of upping our own fake authority, here's Valleywag's table of what's wagged, sagged, and body-bagged. Apologies to Wired — that is, we're so very sorry. More » -
michael arrington
Bloggerati breakdown: A very Arri roundup
- TechCrunch blog mogul Michael Arrington (pictured here waving some shock) smirks at pundit Richard MacManus, who decided that Web 2.0 is
undeadresurrected: "While I enjoy watching Richard struggle with his inner self, and trying to find security in his beliefs, I think I'll carry on as I have - mostly ignoring the debate and focusing on the companies that are defining the new web." Snap. [CrunchNotes] - GigaOM blogger Om Malik is watching sexy ladies. [Daily Om]
- For a good time, call Steve Gillmor. [ZDNet]
- RSS master Dave Winer, who despite his faults at least has great taste in entertainment, thought the Da Vinci Code was crud. [Scripting News]
- Federated Media blog mogul John Battelle totally, like, forgot his password, dudes. And he's got a gnarly case of the munchies. [Searchblog]
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By Nick DouglasComment by TechCrunch: I forgot all about that picture. I love that I'm wearing a dogster pin. more » | Other threads
- TechCrunch blog mogul Michael Arrington (pictured here waving some shock) smirks at pundit Richard MacManus, who decided that Web 2.0 is
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steve gillmor
Coroner Gillmor
Oh, that's too cute. As the creator of this adorable little Steve Gillmor animation said, "Ding dong, everything's dead." Watch or just play the audio of the ZDNet pundit declaring search, Office, and so many other wicked witches, dead under Dorothy's porch. More » -
marc canter
Know your crazy uncles
Keeping the usual gang of Gillmors straight takes a full team of analysts, what with Marc Canter in the mix. So thank the Valley gods that a journalist charted them out for Valleywag. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Windy: Mark Cantor didn't found Macromedia--he founded MacroMind in 1984, which merged with Paracomp and then Authorware to form Macromedia in... more » | Other threads
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marc canter
Canter, Gillmor, and Winer, the crazy uncles of New Media
A techie marketing scenester fills in the deets on Steve Gillmor's somnolent speech (Steve's computer nodded off) at the ongoing Syndicate conference. He tosses in a bonus warning about Macromedia founder Marc Canter (pictured here at another conference). More » -
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Steve Gillmor bores his computer
A Syndicate attendee says ZDNet pundit Steve Gillmor talked so long at the conference that his screensaver came on. Brian Oberkirch Flickr'd it under "Spacing Out." More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Blackjack: Gillmor needs to wear that Obviousman costume from Non Sequitur when he's out in public. Unless you've been under a... more » | Other threads
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steve gillmor
The indeconstructable Steve Gillmor
Tech columnist Steve Gillmor was never known for his clarity of phrase, but this metaphor is just too mixed for one man to parse. Can anyone explain the image Steve builds here as he describes controversial columnist Nick Carr? More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Blackjack: I think Steve's still in shock from being in close proximity to Amanda Congdon. He's retreated into his 9th grade... more » | Other threads
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sdforum
Another damn update
Valleywag, in a vain attempt at reaching Wall-Street-Journal levels of inaccuracy, ran a non-item last week. Jeff Clavier, one of the SDForum speakers so unfairly accused of non-disclosure, sets me straight: More » -
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Disclosure, kids: SDForum
An attendee of SDForum's monthly Search SIG says some folks aren't disclosing when they give talks. More »
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By ndouglasComment by irinaslutsky: i didnt say the story was VALID, i just said they got slammed. i try, at most costs, to avoid... more » | Other threads
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podcasts
Podcast roundup: Drunk Diggnation wins
Om and Niall PodSession: Om Malik promises a "big surprise" at the end of the latest episode. OMG MAJOR SPOILER WARNING: Google News picked up Om's blog. Yay. Weird thing is, he thanks the Google News and Blogger teams. Actual people update Google News sources? Don't they have robots for that? More » -
podcasts
Tech podcasts that aren't boring
Another Gillmor Gang podcast, another hour and a half of white guys saying "um." If your ears aren't bleeding within five minutes, you'll at least want to walk in and SHAKE these guys when they get distracted and start talking about Darwinism. Blogger (and Tinfinger CEO) Paul Montgomery says just what we're all thinking: cut it down! And Steve, shut up! More » -
podcasts
Podcast roundup: TWiT on top
Geeks don't listen to the radio. They pop podcasts onto their ipods for the morning commute. So the best Silicon Valley news naturally comes on mp3, not FM. Here's a rundown of three of this week's tech podcasts, all hosted by alpha-geeks from the Bay Area. More »
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