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NetVibes CEO Tariq Krim down, but not out COO Freddy Mini will be taking over Krim's job, with Krim staying on the board, as the Paris-based personalized homepage company changes focus to widgets. "No concrete reason for his departure was provided," writes Caroline McCarthy. Surely our tipsters can alleviate the circumspection and tell us why. [CNET] (Photo by Doc Searls)

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Who's going to TechTalk Menorca, the Balearic boondoggle?

Martin Varsavsky, the founder of Wi-Fi startup Fon, has concocted another excuse for Web 2.0's jet set to rack up frequent-flier miles and buy carbon offsets: It's called Menorca TechTalk, held on Varsavsky's ranch on the Mediterranean island this weekend. The website is password-protected, but Valleywag got a list of who's going. It's a curious mix of professional conference attendees, like Rapleaf's Auren Hoffman, Loïc Le Meur of Seesmic, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington, and David Sifry of Technorati, mixed in with a few people who have day jobs. There are even Googlers on the list — and when have you known those lot to leave the protective bubble of Mountain View? Oddly, Jimmy Wales did not seem to make the cut, though his New York patroness, Louise Blouin MacBain, is listed. In the comments, sort the TechTalkers into your preferred categories. More »

3:20 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,459 views, 3 comments

Latest by N/A: is this a joke? any list that michael arrington, with his tiny blog, as the most successful makes me very more »

caption contest

The face that launched a thousand ship-dates

With wine and women, why isn't Pete Cashmore happier? The Mashable blogger's smile had to be mashed into place by Julie Wohlberg at a party thrown by Netvibes. Suggest your caption in the comments; the best will become the new headline. Yesterday's winner: scalawag, for "On the firing line." (Photo by Andrei Zmievski)

4:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,097 views, 14 comments

Latest by BobDope: yo you spelled face with a t maybe CIA backing FaceBook is typo-related, too. more »

bloggers

Local woman dumps newfangled RSS feeds to type in website addresses the old-fashioned way

An online publishing veteran who goes by the name of Halsted has stopped drinking from the RSS firehose. She says she's not missing her feed reader's unread items folder:
Nothing has changed. I spend my time writing, reading, and puzzle-solving instead, and my stress levels are markedly down. Now I am absolutely convinced that I need to ditch my RSS reader permanently, and only read a handful of feeds on a start page like iGoogle or Netvibes.
As a journalist, it's my duty to call three friends for quotes to support my article about the "Slow Web" movement now. I expect some blogger will get a book deal for the inevitable manifesto. (Photo by Jef Poskanzer)

3:40 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Jackson West
535 views, 5 comments

Latest by N/A: I did that a few months ago. It's a much simpler way to keep up on things I want more »

features

The eruptors: 11 companies. 11 puff pieces.

Hey, nothing against the eleven corporate leaders profiled in Business 2.0 Magazine's latest feature, "The Disruptors." (Except you, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff. Nobody likes you.) It's just that "glory stories" like this make us giggle, because by definition they have to play down the arguments against their subjects. And B2 added Wired-worthy hero shots like the one shown here. So here's a guide to the most egregious idolatry: More »

11:42 AM on Wed Sep 20 2006
By Nick Douglas
139 views, 2 comments

Latest by commish: When Clearwire came to Eugene, OR, tons of peolple got on board. Being an liberal, anti-corporation town, everyone wanted more »