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• April 1st, 2008

  Twitter-splosion

  So my Twitter address gets posted in Jason’s UStream chat, and all of a sudden my inbox explodes: Names removed to protect the innocent.

• October 4th, 2007

  Dave Winer falls for it

  Dave Winer writes that Techmeme is “officially” a cesspool, now that bloggers will write linkbait just to get on the Techmeme leaderboard. (Little-known fact: all search engines are also cesspools by the same reasoning.) Specifically, he singles out Jason Calacanis and Robert Scoble for writing attention-getting linkbait pieces (much like he himself is doing): “I’m [...]

• August 9th, 2007

  Frog Hole Licker

  According to his blog, Jason’s going to drop it like it’s hot tomorrow at GnomeDex; could this be the introduction of his long-awaited boy band?

• June 5th, 2007

  Netscape Navigator 9.0 Beta Released

  The long national nightmare is over: the beta of Netscape Navigator 9.0 has finally been released to the public. Read the official announcement here. Read a more informal introduction to the browser here. Download it here. Read the release notes here. Discuss it here.

• June 4th, 2007

  C.K.’s start-up life

  C.K. Sample III describes the last two years of working in various start-up environments inside and outside of AOL. I found this part especially interesting: Aside: I must take a moment here to implore everyone at AOL: release the new Netscape Browser. I’ve played with early versions of it and it’s great. The best browser [...]

• May 31st, 2007

  6 – 5 – 7

  I’m taking some time off from blogging… I’ll be back on: 6 – 5 – 7 (Check back then… :-)

• May 23rd, 2007

  I want Fios too

  Verizon, I want fiber straight to my home too. Just put it on Jason’s or CK’s tab. Thanks!

• April 27th, 2007

  Let’s see if this works…

  Love him or hate him, controversial blog-boss Jason Calacanis knows his linkbait. Brooklyn-born Calacanis, formerly the editor of the Silicon Alley Reporter, made a “how-to linkbait me” post on his popular blog, which he writes with his trusty bulldog Toro by his side. (Jason is more recently known for being the impetus behind the relaunch [...]