no doubt it's because Mike understands how useless MBA's are. it was just a head fake intended to through off the even more arrogant and clueless children in the audience.

with the downturn, maybe they'll all just go back to McKinsey or banking where they won't be offended by someone's PowerPoint...

My desktop looks like Mike's, what does yours look like?

That is very unprofessional of him. How does he expect to be taken seriously when he is such a disorganized mess? It makes him look like the complete joke that he is.

We are not surprised, are we?

Mike once posted a pic of his cell phone, its said something like 58 missed calls. Can you imagine?

Helps me to understand why he is less than cordial sometimes, he has 1000s of people bugging the shit out of him.

Why is swearing such a big issue, it isn't for normal ppl

@seanpercival: Also, there's the fact that he's an intolerable windbag. That too.

How'd you know he did swear, Duncan, did you fact check it?

Hmm...oh wow vw caught someone having a bad day out of 34 good days..wow..real reporting skills..

Next it will be JA had a bad hair day..

The views for this story tell a different opinion of the quality than maybe your shooting for..

For someone who has done so little, this guy is awfully proud of himself

Duncan, haven't we gone over this before? ;) Swearing in a professional setting is inappropriate. Bragging about doing your presentation when Jeff Bezos is talking is just downright rude; I don't care who either one of you are.

Ferd Gortt, are you lobbying for a job at TechCrunch? Or are you secretly Mike Arrington in disguise? Has anyone actually ever SEEN you?

He is a fat bastard and a slob. No wonder he can't get laid.

This is a bit out of context, since every Mac user knows that icons on the desktop get seriously out of whack when you change video resolution to something lower (like a projector for a presentation). Yeah, still disorganized, but probably not as bad as the pic would indicate.

he needs a sexretary

@categorically: Next time invite me. I'll the kids something to watch.

+ Watch video

@VanOwen: geez, the story of the useless mba's again, good that you don't generalize :-)

there is no excuse for being unprofessional and unprepared, no matter what you think about your audience...

Sounds like most bloggers. Those you can't do, blog (in Web 2.0 speak). That said, TechCrunch throws awesome parties. Maybe he should focus on that? Anyway the ONLY thing nice to say is that TC40 and followons create competition for DEMO, the snooty version of SFBeta.

You can do me, and I blog, so there goes that aphorism.

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He may have angry about the lack of H1B Visa Quotas - not the Mac

Arrington has accomplished very little in his career. Just ask him about Edgeio and the numberous other failures on his record. If you plan to develop a new product idea or launch a new company, it's bad advice to listen to Michael Arrington.

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yes: we resolved that bible bashing American do-gooders are precious about swearing, normal people aren't. I watched the video: I think the fuck was fair in context, and I'm not saying that just because it was MA. I wouldn't have left it a just one word :-)

Bible BASHING? I think you meant Bible THUMPING Americans. ;)

It's just a different culture when it comes to business here, and it does vary. For example, I worked for a company back in the early 90s that had a very military feel to it where cussing was a regular part of any meeting. When presenting at any sort of conference-type setting, though, it just ends up looking unprofessional. I look forward to my first trip to Australia then, since you've assured me I can meet with absolutely anyone and use my usual vocabulary. It may take me longer to get through a demo, though.