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Bear Hug Camp

Unconference made unbearable by unattendees

Friday's Bear Hug Camp, a software developer's meetup to discuss Twitter-like "microblogging" services, proved Internet commenters can prickle even the grizzliest Web 2.0 advocate. "Steve Gillmor decided to look at feedback on the Twitter and Identica services," a tipster emailed. "After reading out loud multiple comments calling him an A**hole, as well as other choice words, Gillmor commented he didn't want to do this anymore and made Leo Laporte take over, despite Leo's plea for him to stay." We waited for the video. It takes forever to watch, so here's the summary: At 11:40 into Session 3, Gillmor packs up and walks off ("OK, take care..."), leaving the event in the hands of Laporte, a TV host turned videoblogger, but he returns at 1:22:15 to take over an API whiteboarding session. You can check out any time you like, Steve, but you can never leave.

10:40 AM on Mon Sep 15 2008
By Paul Boutin
495 views, 5 comments

Latest by Cynical Tech Media Bitch: You can't call Gillmor an a-hole with any authority until you've worked around him. Don't even ask what it's like to work *for* him -- it's like Bligh and Queeq soldered together with technobabble, I'm told. more »

social networks

Calacanis, Scoble, Arrington pawns in FriendFeed's smart marketing campaign

Egobloggers Jason Calacanis, Robert Scoble as well as startup PR clearinghouse Michael Arrington all want to know: How amazing is it that after two years of using Twitter, they've each already got nearly half as many "followers" on FriendFeed after just a few months? Asking the question, each offer hypothetical answers involving the social-network aggregator's ease of use — "The comment systems is so fast and easy that it's perfect," says Calacanis — or Twitter's frequent outages — "Twitter downtime plays a big part," writes Arrington. But here's the real answer to the amazing growth these bloggers have seen on FriendFeed: More »

10:00 AM on Mon Jul 7 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,701 views, 13 comments

Latest by Mr. Gunn: giania: So, some people have different groups of friends on different sites, and FF provides a way to follow all of them in one place. What's so hard to understand about that? more »

Leo Laporte cashes $100,000 check from Stickam Stickam's rumored $100,000 signing bonus to woo nodcaster Leo Laporte away from live-video broadcasting startup Ustream.tv worked, as Laporte is officially working with the site, previously best known for emo camkids and a booming side business in pornography. Though I admit, Laporte drunk and out of control might make his show interesting enough to watch. [Mashable] (Photo by MR O)

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we read twitter so you don't have to

Leo LaPorte, "drunk and out of control," calls for Kevin Rose boycott

Why is tech podcaster Leo LaPorte picking a fight with Digg's Kevin Rose? He's jealous of Rose's Twitter following, and is making it a requirement that his Twit.tv listeners drop Rose and add him on Twitter to be eligible for a giveaway. LaPorte later regretted the call for a Rose ban, saying he was "drunk and out of control." Isn't that a prerequisite for listening to a podcast, let alone producing one?

4:20 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Owen Thomas
12,399 views, 12 comments

Latest by rvissers: I thought it was funny how Leo was busting Diggnation (Kevin's show) for being less grown up or 'immature' target audience and doesn't want them, then minutes later starts begging for twitter followers, asks folks to un-friend Kevin and then gives away bribes/prizes all because he said he can't stand more »

leo laporte

Since when do Japanese pornographers pay tech podcasters six figures?

Video-sharing site Stickam — owned and operated by a Japanese porn company — wants to pay some guy named Leo Laporte $100,000 to stream his podcast called This Week in Tech, or TWiT, exclusively for one year. Confused? So are we. And when we did the math, our bewilderment grew. More »

11:20 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
3,924 views, 16 comments

Latest by maccast: I am not following the math here. Leo plans to do 25 hours a week. If he gets 750 viewers per hour that's 18,750 viewers per week. $100,000 divided by 52 weeks is $1,923.07/week. Doesn't that work out to a $109.89 CPM rate? Either way what this piece doesn't get more »

separated at birth

Pirates of Silicon Valley II: Our Candidates for the Cast

NICK DOUGLAS — While dust gathers on our old VHS copies of Pirates of Silicon Valley (for us, Noah Wyle's career hit its high point with his role as Steve Jobs), it's time to cast the sequel. Starring the Daily Show's Demetri Martin as Digg founder Kevin Rose, Jason Bateman as Diggnation co-host Alex Albrecht and Rush Limbaugh as John C. Dvorak, the show also includes stars playing Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Merlin Mann, and Google's Marissa Mayer. More »

1:29 PM on Tue Jan 30 2007
By Nick Douglas
3,981 views, 7 comments

Latest by rover5: Nice job, but I think you missed the mark on Dvorak. John C. Dvorak has always reminded me of John Heard NOT that pasty, drug addict and hate monger, Rush Limbaugh. Not to mention, unless you consider acting like a douchebag "acting," Limbaugh is not an actor. more »

twit

TWiT Time: Ready, Clench!

Gottfried the Intern wraps up another episode of Leo Laporte's online talk show, This Week in Tech. More »

11:32 AM on Wed Oct 11 2006
By Nick Douglas
162 views, 1 comment

Latest by ray johnson: Paul Thurrott is not a Microsoft suit. Fan boy: maybe, employee: no. I know facts aren't really what Valleywag is all about, but you should really update some of the posts with errors: http://www.valleywag.com/tech/apple/loose-wires-onetime-co... I mean if you can't trust a gossip blog... more »

this week in tech

TWiT Time: Live At Podcast NetCast Expo '06

The latest episode of This Week in Tech, Netcast Expo, in a nutshell: The Second Annual Podcast Expo was attended by 2500 people, featured lots of booze, innovative audio hardware and software, podcasters (who, Leo claims, prefer to be known as netcasters) pimping their wares while talking the token "grassroots community" line, and techies with an affinity for trash talking Apple and Microsoft. Web 1.0 is SO 90s. More »

6:06 PM on Mon Oct 2 2006
By Nick Douglas
130 views, Comment

twit

Doin' the TWiT: Pod it cast it rip it Zune it

In this week's This Week in Tech podcast (possibly the world's most downloaded podcast), host Leo Laporte is joined by Patrick Norton (host of Digital Life TV), David Prager (from Digg founder Kevin Rose's second venture, Revision 3) and frequent guest Will Harris. More »

8:37 PM on Mon Sep 25 2006
By Nick Douglas
184 views, 1 comment

Latest by Robyn Tippins: Well he couldn't say, "so the Zune can fully integrate with Apple products" could he? And what's wrong with a little piracy, between friends? more »

jason calacanis

Podcast SparkNotes: AOL's Calacanis on This Week in Tech


Some people can't let up on AOL exec Jason Calacanis. Readers are begging for a mention of the Weblogs, Inc. founder's appearance on major podcast This Week in Tech. (One TWiT commenter wrote, "Keep that flaming drama queen off your show.") So here, instead of wasting over an hour listening, read these hastily scribbled Valleywag show notes. (If you really must hear, here's the mp3. More »

1:36 PM on Tue Jun 13 2006
By Nick Douglas
207 views, Comment