Alltop is Guy Kawasaki's latest project: a news aggregator which shows the titles of the last few posts from a number of different blogs in various categories including Politics, Sports, Fashion and the very aptly named Egos. The top of the Egos section includes feeds from inflated-head, Internet-famous writers like Robert Scoble, Michael Arrington, Dave Winer, Jason Calacanis, and, of course, Guy Kawasaki. In other words, it's an overblown blogroll, if a well-designed one. Nice work, Guy! We asked Fake Steve Jobs what he thought about being included in the Egos list: "I'm not sure what this site is all about, but I'm deeply honored to be included. Guy Kawasaki is a personal hero." Guy, be warned: You do not have a lock on the ego-inflation market.

2:00 PM on Sat Feb 9 2008
By Jordan Golson
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Whocares at 02:28 PM on 02/09/08
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He's just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks..
WhatBubble at 05:16 PM on 02/09/08
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Just what I need. Hundreds of links that haven't been organized in any fashion whatsoever.
Rick at 05:45 PM on 02/09/08
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For a second I confused Guy Kawasaki with Ray Kurzweil in my head, but then I realized that Ray had actually done something
franky at 06:33 PM on 02/09/08
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So what did this cost Kawaboy? $20k?

Guy, this can be done for free with WordPress and plugins. Your new motto that development can be cheap/VC can be minimized, still can be improved!
BobDope at 07:05 PM on 02/09/08
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I love Guy Kawasaki. He never has to do anything of any value for the rest of his life, apparently, but people will still pay attention to him.
raincoaster at 12:15 AM on 02/10/08
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So it's like the [Wordpress.com] main page, but only Guy's friends?

When is Chris Crocker going to start AllBottom?
Alaska Miller at 01:55 AM on 02/10/08
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so he cloned popurls.com and originalsignal.com but without actual algorithm like techmeme

wow
MrMedia at 09:32 AM on 02/10/08
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This guy is still around?
guyger at 02:21 AM on 02/11/08
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Alltop sounds more like a magazine for Owen Thomas and his friends.

Is Guy trying to tell us something?
Fidel on the Roof at 12:36 PM on 02/11/08
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I was hoping to share this in a different kind of post, but I'd better not in case I forget.

Last year, salesforce.com had a developer's conference in a hotel in San Jose. A few featured developers were allowed to demo their wares live in front of us. This particular company that removes duplicates "dups" hailed from Canada. Guy got up from his front seat and went to the back to talk to an employee/friend/assistant who was standing near me. He asked for info on Canada: sports teams and idioms. She researched it and he used that info in his presentation afterwards. He had the Canadians in stiches. He played it as if he knew all things Canadian. I was glad to hear what went on. I now think about that when I hear a speech. They may seem to know their stuff, but they could have been told what to say moments before.

I think it's noteworthy anyway.
Jordan Golson at 01:35 PM on 02/11/08
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@Fidel on the Roof: That's sounds like smart speech-giving to me. Something to be commended for, no?
Fidel on the Roof at 05:47 PM on 02/11/08
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@jordan golson: You're right. It worked. It just seems deceitful to me. Trying to make yourself look smarter than you are will catch up to you in the end I think. I mean... asking your assistant for canadian sports teams' names??? Cheap.