Have you not heard of Last.fm? Jaiku? Moo? Plazes? Dopplr? If you took the time to look at some of the good work coming out of Europe right now and the strong community that is building, I think you might begin to understand their motivations to start up in Europe...

Phew, now that little rant's over, I can go have my siesta :)

melkirk

"I think Mike Arrington needs to take a chill pill because the valleywagisation of Tech Crunch degrades technology journalism in general."

Wow, look! Someone invented a new word to describe this phenomenon! Now let's see if it makes it into The Urban Dictionary...

elvenjewel