September 2009
9 posts
The New Girl In Town
Yes, the rumors are true. I am moving to San Francisco to become web editor of the S.F.Weekly, which, much like the L.A. Weekly is part of a group of websites known as Village Voice Media. I am extremely thankful for all the support I have received from the technology sector in both Los Angeles and San Francisco and gratefully hope that we can continue to work together and grow under the...
The New Girl In Town
Yes, the rumors are true. I am moving to San Francisco to become web editor of the S.F.Weekly, which, much like the L.A. Weekly is part of a group of websites known as Village Voice Media. I am extremely thankful for all the support I have received from the technology sector in both Los Angeles and San Francisco and gratefully hope that we can continue to work together and grow under the...
Top Ten ROFL Moments At TC50
And no, this isn’t just a link to Paul Carr’s Twitter. 10. The extended call for a flag-less world. And the single serving website it inspired. 9. Don Dodge, comedian. Between “I can’t believe your mother named you that” to “I’m from Microsoft so I don’t know how to use an iPhone” he had them rolling in the aisles. Also: Chamillionaire,...
The Need For Speed: L.A. Not Represented on Google...
Google Search Product and User Experience minx Marissa Mayer just presented at Techcrunch50 and officially released Google Fast Flip, launching a service that both David Carr and Techcrunch had spilled the beans about a couple months ago. Taking off on Google founder Larry Page’s dictum, “Why isn’t the web like a magazine?” Google takes another step in the direction of...
Didn't I See You At the "Girls in Tech in Palo...
Usually it goes like this; The for the most part power brokers are invited to the tech event. Then the day of, an industrious PR chick, realizing that her own gender is way underrepresented, panics at the thought of “too many dicks on the conference floor” and calls up every woman she knows in the space, begging them to come.
For better or worse this is not the case at Techcrunch50,...
What Would 9-11 Be Like in the Age of Social...
During the President’s health care speech two days ago, the shared experience that is the realtime Internet reacted to a perfect Twitter-fodder event — Joe Wilson’s “you lie” outburst — with a surprising amount of conversation about the real issue in the room, health care reform. This realtime 24-7 Internet did not exist in 2001. We had the earliest versions of...
Beer, Karaoke, and Vampires: Top Five "Esoteric"...
There’s only 48 hours left in the voting process for SXSWi and we thought we would refresh your memory as to what to click on after you login to the PanelPicker. Last time we did this we were faced with such an overwhelming response we decided to do another round up. Except this time we culled ones that are particularly esoteric, and for SXSWi that’s saying a lot. Here they are, in no...
Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt: The Book?
Just when you thought the “two memes one shirt” phenomenon had hit its last iteration (how long before we see a “Three Wolves with Dead Kittens in their Mouths on a Moon” shirt?), The Mountain — the company behind the world’s first viral T-shirt — is apparently looking for a book deal.
The proposal for Sheep in Wolves Clothing, co-authored by Gregg...
Digital Pool Party: Digital L.A. at Pagoda Bar
With record heat in Los Angeles it seemed that anyone who had even remote access to a pool had a pool party over the weekend. But what if you didn’t have a pool-ready friend or didn’t have the cash to plunk down for the Roosevelt or even one of those inflatable numbers?
Miraculously, there’s a pool in Hollywood that you don’t have to be Nicole Richie or a even a hotel...