Those sites seem inspired by the best ideas to come out of Silicon Alley Insider, Blodget's first blog effort. But they also seem a nod to Blodget's failed ambitions. Originally conceiving of Silicon Alley Insider as a look at New York's supposedly burgeoning technology scene, Blodget and his New York-based editors quickly realized there was no there there. They shifted gears to start covering large, publicly traded technology companies — most of which were based a continent away in California. (They even hired a Silicon Valley correspondent.) A wise move, but one that left their flagship publication with puzzling branding.

No matter. We do not hope Alley Insider fails, since we find the site a must-read, odd name and all. But if it does, or ends up merely a middling success, Blodget will have other publications to rely on. That talent for shapeshifting is one rarely seen in the entrepreneur-hostile realm of Manhattan.

She was recently spotted in New York's startup-laden Flatiron and Chelsea neighborhoods, making the rounds. New York VC Fred Wilsion is an unabashed fan, and the two have already invested alongside his Union Square Ventures in Etsy. Might the pair break hearts in both San Francisco and Vancouver by moving to Manhattan instead? As for New York, all I can say is been there, done that. Head back to Canada for Sonnet's sake, guys. American citizenship ain't what it used to be.

On his blog he reports that "the real news was YouTube's announcement of an impending launch of advanced analytics tools."

You'll be able to see where video views are coming from (geographically and site-wise), as well as many other data points. This will be a huge help to advertisers trying to extract more success metrics and data from their YouTube efforts.

For Content Partners/Creators

• Get ready for active sharing.
  
• Get ready for upgraded video editing tools.
  
• YouTube will be launching video recommendations based upon your viewing preferences (like Amazon Recommendations).
  
• Content will be distributed on multiple platforms, from mobile to TV (Steve Chen is excited about content on really, really big TVs).

Tent pole Content Initiatives
• The YouTube Games — some kind of takeoff on the Olympics. Looks to be a kind of wacky wide world of weird sports.
• Living Legends — content featuring, well, living legends. The first legends featured will be The Rolling Stones. This looks pretty great.
• The YouTube Global Gathering — simultaneous events worldwide, broadcast on YouTube.

You probably aren't working on something as cool as this. You probably don't make as much as I can pay you. You probably don't have a boss this good looking. We offer a great benefits package including bigotry and racism. Oh yeah - you have to live in New York City or move here or convince us to move into your apartment.

"Howard twitters about bathrooms, I twitter about bars and my buddies twitter about drinking coffee," venture capital associate Kristian Hansen explains in a blog post ostensibly written to analyze Twitter's business prospects. (The Howard in question is Wallstrip founder Howard Lindzon, who runs a VC firm on the side.) "I am not sure what else you could really do with this service," Hansen concludes. Sure you are, Kristian. Trash Iminlikewithyou founder Charles Forman, of course!

As much as I love Tumblr, I've gotten so frustrated with it that I very seriously considered going back to my slightly-more-difficult but-at-least-it-has-the-features-I-need Movable Type. I know, he's only 21, it's a startup, etc. But that's why David got VC dollars — to form a REAL company! To hire more people! To get enough servers, to make sure it's functioning properly!

Remember kids, some day you too could make it in New York and buy yourself a whole entire 1BR/1BA to yourself. Ricky has a counter in his kitchen; I know, I know.

Seventeen years old and trying to figure out how to pay for college, Klein started an online pet store in the late '90s. He designed an online store front, took orders, and mailed a daily manifest to a breeder located near the Miami airport. He made enough cash to pay for a Wake Forest degree, too. The success gave him a taste for using the Internet to sell things. You know, actual things, not just advertising.

Which is good, because without BustedTees — Connected Ventures's online T-shirt shop — CollegeHumor.com might never have become what it is today, a sparkly gem in Barry Diller's IAC tiara. Early on, the CV founders noticed that many of CollegeHumor's advertisers were T-shirt retailers. They decided to cut out the middleman and sell their own shirts. Klein lead the charge, and BustedTees became CV's most significant source of profit.

That might not be the case anymore, but the memory of success stayed with Klein. In fact, he told me the act of creating something offline and selling it online was his most fulfilling responsibility at Connected Ventures. So expect more of that. What's Klein going to sell? He wouldn't say; he only hinted it might have to do with real estate in an online world. Or selling geckos.

ValleyWag had a big put down on the list not to mention the obnoxiousness of the headline ["Silicon Alley 100 a bunch of old white guys"]. And who was the writer? None other than Nicolas Carlson who worked for Jupitermedia until recently. ValleyWag is cool but has no substance. If we ever have another bubble burst in the Internet space, ValleyWag will be one of the first sites to bite the dust. As for Carlson, is it not ironic that he blasts NYC and the very people who has been hired to cover? He went from writing quality at InternetNews.com to writing gossip and garbage at ValleyWag.