Rich Skrenta (CEO of Topix.net) posted an interesting analysis on the self-declared failure of We Media. He describes We Media conferences as a “round of self-flagellation by a group of attendees.”
I particularly like the section in which Rich critiques the few successes in We Media:
There is still a power law to success, [...]

There has been a lot of conflicting views on the notion of aggregation and consolidation of social networking features. The geeks want it, and the less-tech-saavy seem indifferent.
Here’s a few examples to explain the “nerdvana” of social networking: why do I need 43 different profile on different sites that all say the [...]

Union Square Street Sessions

Originally uploaded by gothamistllc.

Brad just pointed out coverage of this event to me. Here’s NYT coverage.
This is awesome; did anyone out there go to this? I can’t believe I missed it.

I attended the Calexico show @ the Allen Room, Lincoln Center… though the show was technically at Columbus Circle, not Lincoln Center. So confusing. Anyway, it was a fabulous show, and I highly recommend people check out any band at the Allen Room, just to soak up the beauty of this venue. [...]

Adam Bain (EVP, Production and Technology, Fox Interactive) kindly contacted me this morning via email as a follow up to my blog post yesterday about Brave New Web. In my previous post I briefly touched on a triangle graph that can be used to justify acquisitions, which Adam described. Adam followed up with [...]

I attended the Brave New Web conference in Boston today. It was Web 2.0 conference, which, considering the range of services that are considered to be Web 2.0 today, is a very broad topic. Here are a few quick highlights:
Making the Case for Investment
Adam Bain of Fox Interactive said that when he makes [...]

I don’t want to sound like a just another sound-reflecting plate in the echo chamber… so, I’ll keep this post short. But, this one section of Steve Jobs’s recent announcement to drop Apple’s “FairPlay” DRM is too juicy to ignore.
Jobs breaks down why Apple does not currently have its customers locked in [...]

I went to a McSweeney’s live show at Stanford a few years ago. It was a bunch of great authors: Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, and others mashed up in an event with They Might be Giants. It was a culture-filled afternoon of pensive though and hedonistic rock. I highly recommended it at [...]

As a Wallstrip fan, I feel compelled to post this great video. The web video daily star, Lindsay Campbell, fails to recognize the CNBC tv anchor, Dylan Ratigan, yet Dylan clearly recognizes Lindsay. Too funny. I hope we see this trend continuing as quality web video dailies, like Wallstrip, continue to crop [...]