<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, maggie mason]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, maggie mason]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/maggiemason http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/maggiemason <![CDATA[Bodily Fluids, Mafia Haunt Twitterati]]> A San Franciscan unintentionally witnessed a sort of in-car tune up; a j-schooler scheduled a sit-down with a reputed mobster and a lady in fur left a bathroom in terrible shape. The Twitterati were traumatized.

Shopping blogger Maggie Mason was not in the market for a happy ending, you two.

Hunter Walker, the media blogger-turned-j-schooler, is determined to tackle the more advanced source relations lessons. Pro tip: Avoid using the word "hit piece" with this guy.

Macworld's Heather Kelly livened up an everyday "what I'm snacking on" tweet with a crucial dash of creepy.

Video blogger Molly McAleer may have been converted into one of those activists who hurls bodily fluids at fur-wearing ladies.

Studio execs are the appetizer, Clooney is the dessert. Just another lesson in Hollywood dinner etiquette from film blogger Kristopher Tapley.


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]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5418567&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Lazy News: "Web 2.0 has a local address"]]> Welcome to Lazy News, the new Valleywag feature that saves you the time of actually reading news articles. The first article we'll slice-and-dice is the San Francisco Chronicle's business feature from Sunday.

  • Title: Web 2.0 has a local address
  • Subtitle: South Park, the neighborhood that fostered the dot-com boom, is back
  • Trend angle: San Fran is back too — the whole Valley is back. And this time the businesses are real.
  • Poster children: Adaptive Path, Rubyred Labs, Wired, Technorati, VideoEgg, Mule Design Studio, and other tech companies from Bryant to Brannan, Second Street to Third Street
  • Photos: Aerial shot infographic, kids in the park, street signs, and Rubyred's Thor Muller at the Cereal Bar.
  • Lead: South Park startup Rubyred Labs has a trendy Cereal Bar.
  • Sources: Scott Beale (Laughing Squid founder, photographed the Cereal Bar); Janice Fraser (CEO of South Park stalwart Adaptive Path); Matt Sanchez (CEO of startup VideoEgg); Jesse Blout (mayor's director of economic development); Jeffrey O'Brien (a senior editor of long-time South Parker Wired Magazine); Neighborhoodparks.org; Max Applegarth (owner of local cafe Caffe Centro); Jonathan Nelson (founder of online marketing agency Organic); Jonathan Wright (from burnout dot-com BigWords.com); Maggie Mason (mighty blogger and writer); Elvis Jessie Presley (homeless man); Jonathan Grubb (Rubyred co-founder and cereal analyst); Amy and Thor Muller (Rubyred co-founders and Noe Valley baby-raisers)
  • Best line: "I saw 20-year-olds in head-to-toe Prada and said, 'This cannot last'" — Maggie Mason
  • WTF: The tumbleweed story

Web 2.0 has a local address [SF Chronicle]

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