Stilgherrian » 2web crew http://stilgherrian.com All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en © stil@stilgherrian.com () stil@stilgherrian.com() 1440 Live Internet broadcasts from Stilgherrian. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. stil@stilgherrian.com No no http://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/sla_144w.jpg Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com 144 144 2 Web Crew at CeBIT with Jason Calacanis http://stilgherrian.com/internet/2-web-crew-at-cebit-with-jason-calacanis/ http://stilgherrian.com/internet/2-web-crew-at-cebit-with-jason-calacanis/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 08:41:24 +0000 Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/?p=1636

Did people really think I’d end up brawling with Jason Calacanis at CeBIT last week? Sure, I called him a prick and wrote about the evil cult of the Internet start-up. But he does actually have good points.

I met Mr Calacanis when I found myself recording the 2 Web Crew podcast on my borrowed video camera. Since I was concentrating on getting good audio, the vision’s a bit shaky, but at least you’ll see what it was like during those hectic 16 minutes.

I may disagree with Calacanis’ priorities in life, but that’s hardly unique to him. He does do business transparently, however. He makes sense and calls a spade a spade. And he’s certainly been a successful entrepreneur.

He’s also a tireless promoter — of himself. Now that’s not a bad thing when you’re trying to build hype around a new business. But it’s a character trait that Australians reckon is bad — which is perhaps why we so often fail to market our own innovations.

I was also amused to see the swarm of Calacanis fan-boys and girls buzzing around him “like flies to a dead sheep”, as I said on Twitter. Guys, a little less cult of personality and a little more independent thought will work wonders in your lives. Success is not achieved through frottage with the successful. Unless you’re a hooker.

So, Jason, here is the promised blog post saying that you’re not as much of a prick as I thought you were.

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]]> http://stilgherrian.com/internet/2-web-crew-at-cebit-with-jason-calacanis/feed/ 00:01:01 Did people really think I'd end up brawling with Jason Calacanis at CeBIT last week? Sure, I called him a prick and wrote about the ... Did people really think I'd end up brawling with Jason Calacanis at CeBIT last week? Sure, I called him a prick and wrote about the evil cult of the Internet start-up. But he does actually have good points. I met Mr Calacanis when I found myself recording the 2 Web Crew podcast on my borrowed video camera. Since I was concentrating on getting good audio, the vision's a bit shaky, but at least you'll see what it was like during those hectic 16 minutes. I may disagree with Calacanis' priorities in life, but that's hardly unique to him. He does do business transparently, however. He makes sense and calls a spade a spade. And he's certainly been a successful entrepreneur. He's also a tireless promoter -- of himself. Now that's not a bad thing when you're trying to build hype around a new business. But it's a character trait that Australians reckon is bad -- which is perhaps why we so often fail to market our own innovations. I was also amused to see the swarm of Calacanis fan-boys and girls buzzing around him "like flies to a dead sheep", as I said on Twitter. Guys, a little less cult of personality and a little more independent thought will work wonders in your lives. Success is not achieved through frottage with the successful. Unless you're a hooker. So, Jason, here is the promised blog post saying that you're not as much of a prick as I thought you were. Business,,Internet stil@stilgherrian.com no No 2 Web Crew podcast finally online http://stilgherrian.com/media/2web_crew_22_online/ http://stilgherrian.com/media/2web_crew_22_online/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:22:15 +0000 Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/media/2web_crew_22_online/ The episode of the 2 Web Crew podcast we recorded last Wednesday is finally online. The Podcast Network’s Cameron Reilly, Laurel Papworth, TechCrunch’s Duncan Riley and I chat about Underbelly, P2P networks, BitTorrent and distribution, telcos and innovation, Crikey and media impartiality. The audio quality’s a bit dodgy, but hey. I’ll also be on the episode being “recorded live” tomorrow at 1300 Sydney time on Ustream.

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]]> http://stilgherrian.com/media/2web_crew_22_online/feed/ Appearing on 2 Web Crew http://stilgherrian.com/media/appearing_on_2web_crew/ http://stilgherrian.com/media/appearing_on_2web_crew/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:47:01 +0000 Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/media/appearing_on_2web_crew/ Duncan Riley asked me to appear on the 2 Web Crew podcast this week, which will be recorded at 1300 this afternoon Sydney time. You’ll be able to listen to it live as it’s being recorded (and chat back to us) and then the edited version will appear in a few days. Meanwhile I’m trying to find my best options for setting up Skype — I’ve never really bothered with it until now.

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