Michael Arrington

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Hardware companies: debuting something this fall? Read this. (Engadget)

Jun 20th 2007 6:32PM Ryan - I can't tell you how pleased we are that you've joined the panel. I can't wait to see some of the gadget startups that are going to be launching this fall.

First Google smacks down PayPerPost and now comes the FTC (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Dec 21st 2006 6:32AM heh.

Alexa is 100% wrong and you can game it with as few as three machines--or so I've been told. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Nov 25th 2006 4:00AM can we do this with techcrunch instead? :-)

iMac 24-inch surprise: graphics card is upgradeable? (TUAW.com)

Sep 9th 2006 8:10PM any idea if it will support the apple 30 inch display as a second monitor? Doesn't look like it, but not sure. http://www.apple.com/displays/specs.html

The truth shall make you free... (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Aug 2nd 2006 4:28PM I always said this was a brilliant idea. Glad I suggested it to you. :-)

Why the Web 2.0 and media elite are so upset about paying amateurs (or "I'm sorry, does Mike Arrington work for free?") (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Jul 21st 2006 1:06AM Hey Jason,

I want to invite you to read my post again because I was careful not to criticize the fact that you want to pay people:

"There is the question of whether or not this will fix this. Digg?s Achilles heel is that such a small group of active users drives so much of their success. However, even if those users bail to Netscape, others will certainly take their place at Digg. In my opinion, Netscape may gain some human assets and may get better story submissions, but Digg will probably continue to thrive."

My point was that the fact that you have to is a red flag, since Digg doesn't. That's all.

On TechCrunch rumors, the madness of the masses, and my own COIs. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

May 29th 2006 6:15PM Anon - I'm pretty sure I know which company you are, and I just didn't like the product that much. I'm sorry. Ping me if you like and I'll take another look.

FeedPass makes RSS subscription and monetizing other peoples' content easy (The Social Software Weblog)

May 20th 2006 9:28PM Marshall, I'm eager to see any new thoughts on this. I am also on the fence.

Peter's arguements aren't persuasive from a legal standpoint, but he makes a good point anyway. Allow people to make money off linking to other's conent and they will do so more often. If you play this out, though, I could see people linking to, say, my content, repackaged by this company to include ads that they and the linker share. I wouldn't see page views or ad impressions. It would be a clear copyright infringement and wouldn't last. However, I could see a situation where I as the content creator was also given a cut, and then I might be more interested. The revenue, plus the incentive for others to link, might be enough for me to play ball.

Anyway, I should really be writing this on my own blog... :-)

One question: are ads inserted into the feed as well, or just on the landing page?

Great Roundup of Web 2.0 Companies (Download Squad)

Dec 31st 2005 1:51AM I couldn't disagree more, but thank you very much for the compliment! :-)

Could this ever happen in response to Katrina? (Blog Maverick)

Sep 9th 2005 12:00AM Mark, Will you please run for president, and soon? I don't care what political party you represent, I just want someone like you in the White House. Mike