VIDEO: Web 2.0 Expo 2008 – Matt Cutts on exploiting the Web's loopholes

April 24, 2008

Matt Cutts, who manages Web spam at Google, sat down for an informal speed questioning round. He’s really smart and always eager to offer up some advice here on dealing with shutting down people trying to capitalize on the Web’s loopholes. Make sure to watch all my other videos from Web 2.0 Expo plus my […]

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Web 2.0 Expo 2008 summary (videos and posts)

April 24, 2008

This is just a summary list of all my posts and videos from this year’s Web 2.0 Expo. Cool and not-so-cool from Web 2.0 Expo 2008 The Worst Product Demonstration I’ve Ever Seen AUDIO: Web 2.0 Expo wrap up on Green 960 VIDEO: Web 2.0 Expo 2008: Robert Scoble explains Microsoft’s Mesh Networking VIDEO: Web […]

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VIDEO: Web 2.0 Expo 2008: $2100 worth of Pleos

April 24, 2008

Friend Sarah Lefton, who works for Pleo, showed off her collection of seven Pleos (actually valued at around $2450, she says $2100) on display. Make sure to watch all my other videos from Web 2.0 Expo plus my post “Cool and not-so-cool from Web 2.0 Expo 2008” and “The Worst Product Demonstration I’ve Ever Seen.”

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The worst product demonstration I've ever seen

April 24, 2008

I mentioned the following product demonstration as being “not-so-cool” in my post “Cool and not-so-cool from Web 2.0 Expo 2008.” I saw the world’s worst product demonstration at the Web 2.0 Expo this year. I have seen hundreds if not thousands of product demonstrations over my thirteen years working as a technology journalist. My saying […]

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Cool and not-so-cool from Web 2.0 Expo 2008

April 23, 2008

Here’s a list of the cool and not-so-cool events, companies, and moments from this year’s Web 2.0 Expo. Here’s my “cool and not-so-cool” post from last year. Instead of writing multiple posts, I’m going to keep updating this post throughout the next few days. So keep coming back for updates. Cool – SF Expo Ignite […]

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech 08: AdRants sums up the conference

April 18, 2008

I had dinner with Steve Hall, Publisher of AdRants, on the last night of the conference. I asked him if he learned anything new and he thought and thought and couldn’t think of anything he learned new. So then I asked him, “Well what SHOULD somebody have learned had they come to Ad:Tech?” And he […]

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John Dvorak NOT Cranky?

April 17, 2008

It can’t be possible, but I caught John Dvorak saying on camera he had nothing to complain about, but then Dvorak and Sebastian Rupley (co-crank) started giving me a hard time. This was shot just ten minutes before we recorded Cranky Geeks which you can watch here.

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Cranky Geeks on Blockbuster buying Circuit City and severed heads

April 17, 2008

Made another appearance yesterday on John C. Dvorak’s Cranky Geeks show. On the show we discuss Blockbuster’s bid to buy Circuit City, social networking for business, and the most offensive video game to play. There’s a fun discussion about severed heads at the end of the video. And make sure you check out this behind […]

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SUMMARY: Thirteen videos from Ad:Tech 08

April 17, 2008

Just posted a litany of videos from Ad:Tech San Francisco 2008. Here’s a summary of all the posts. VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: AdRants sums up the conference VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Learn from crack dealers says Valleywag VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Pete Cashmore of Mashable on ad platforms VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Pat Houston on different types of content VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Louise Bleakley […]

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VIDEO: Ad:Tech08: Learn from crack dealers says Valleywag

April 17, 2008

Owen Thomas and Nicholas Carlson of Valleywag discuss the online ad industry’s need to learn more from the relationship between crack dealers and crack users. I should have left the camera rolling and had a discussion about linkbaiting.

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