I believe that quoting and links are the foundation of the blogshere and social media just as sound bites are to the Daily Show and other fun fake news. In support of Michael Arrington, for what it’s worth I will follow suit in banning AP from this blog:
The A.P. doesn’t get to make it’s own [...]
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Supporting TechCrunch: A.P. Stories are Banned Here Too!
TechCrunch and relevant ads, thanks to Google!
Found this “relevant” ad in TechCrunch’s front page:
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!
Why relevant? Well people that read TechCruch probably have acid reflux due to stress. Startup life is “exiting”!
BTW: first blog post, using skitch rather than regular upload.
CrunchBase V2.0 with Widgets
Crunch base has released their completely overhauled website in Ruby on Rails. The site is smoother, faster and editable by anyone! Crunchbase takes it’s first steps towards being a wiki. Last week, mp3.com’s Michael Robertson released a similar product (Dealpedia.com).
The coolest new feature is the Techcrunch-like widgets that can be added to any website(see [...]
I just bought a Rainbow!
I just pre-ordered Radiohead’s latest controversial album (Rainbow) for just 1.45 pounds. I am not a cheap bastard! I went to iTunes and checked my library and found I had only three of their previous songs. Therefore I decided to pay to actually see if I like them. That comes out to roughly $0.25 cents [...]