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Re: Josh Dilworth

carlat — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:36:45 -0000

Oooh, like like like. Had I attended the wedding, I would have stolen the house out from under them. And is that lavender in the corner? This place does not exist.

Re: Josh Dilworth

carlat — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:35:24 -0000

Holy cats, it's flat there. Beautiful. But flat

Re: Josh Dilworth

carlat — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:54:23 -0000

I like the idea too but am hearing one key theme - "where will I find the time?" Maybe we remove the voting mechanism and assign one topic to one person at a time. Ex: Within the next two weeks, Louis is going to write about the roots of community as it relates to medieval agrarian societies. Or, you know, something like that. ; ) I would love to see a diverse group of bloggers tackle topics last this. And would love to contribute too of course!

Re: Josh Dilworth

carlat — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:25:39 -0000

Ohhhh, looks heavenly. Where is this? It sure as hell isn't Austin!

Re: Is TechCrunch50 Taking On DEMO Fall08?

Corvida — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:14:38 -0000

It feels like TechCrunch is doing it as a one-up. Come on now! If we're to be fair, they could've even rode the hype of DEMO and went AFTER or before Demo. Taking it head on just isn't cool and I'm sure everyone can see right through TC that this was planned and not just some "whim."

Re: Is TechCrunch50 Taking On DEMO Fall08?

carlat — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:10:40 -0000

I think if every blog with a large readership felt themselves qualified to launch a tech conference... well there would be more conferences in existence than attendees. Here's the thing: conferences are hard to put on. Period. Ask anyone at Comdex or Interop or PC Expo or a million others that have folded in recent years. There's a reason DEMO is going into its 19th year and still standing after virtually all the others have fallen. We understand what an audience needs and work hard to deliver value beyond the prices paid. If Mike and Jason can achieve that too, fabulous. But let's not lay the entrepreneurial landscape to waste in a quest to one-up each other.

Re: I hate the term mommybloggers

carlat — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:50:02 -0000

I don't even know where to start. Since becoming a mom, a bizarre world has been revealed to me. Women who stay at home to raise their kids - either out of their own desire to do so or because society guilts them into it - become extremely defensive about this decision and adopt their "mommy" status as a fierce badge of honor. They don't want to be seen as losing their own identity or brain power, so they immerse themselves fully and completely into the world of mommy. It's sort of an attitude of, "If I'm no longer _____ [teacher, accountant, attorney, whatever] then I am damn sure a MOMMMY!" It's a very complicated world and even other mothers have trouble understanding it.

P.S. - @Brett, not sure what you mean? I haven't encountered a lot of product giveaways, mostly just prolific discussion of poop, weird rashes, and - god help anyone who treads here - breastfeeding.

Re: Aggregation And Lifestreaming: What’s The Difference?

carlat — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:01:30 -0000

How about Webstreaming? Lifestreaming is too easily confused with JustinTV, as Liz points out, and I agree that it doesn't quite hit the mark. And aggregation is more the purview of Socialthing, Plaxo and such.