Visual Links post #5
SpaceShipOne replicaMichael Arrington is turing into ValleyWag.
He got all hot and flustered over whether or not SpaceShipOne had been bought and was being mounted in some Google building.
Yo Michael - “Who the fuck cares about that bullshit!” Please leave that garbage to Valleywag and continue to do what you do best - which is keep track of all these young startups and judge contests. Please.
Meanwhile - it turned out that only a replica of SpaceShipOne was being mounted in Gogle - like some modern day trophy - who’s head was gloriously being displayed by some bounty hunter.
Yahoo GoAh! This is what Russell Beattie must have been working on - before he left Yahoo.
I’ve been waiting for something like this - for a while.
Congrats Jory!
October 22nd, 2006 at 1:07 pm
thppppppppt to your first comment above.
Congrats to Jory though. That’s one lucky guy.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:12 am
[…] Canter rebuts Arrington on the GoogleShip. […]
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:51 am
[…] Marc Canter says of Michael Arrington’s Google-SpaceShipOne replica blog postings: “Who the fuck cares about that bullshit!” I had a similar, albeit much tamer, question when I read these postings on TechCrunch over the weekend but the answer seems pretty obvious to me. First of all, based on Michael’s history of posting, I can tell that he’s no Google fanboy so I’m pretty Michael didn’t post this because he wanted publicly adore Google. So the reason he’d post something like this is simple — it was a Google-scoop in a world where everyone loves the latest kooky Google story and a scoop like this, if successful, promises to bring with it lots of great link juice, potential mentions in offline publications and, ultimately, lots of readers. And, again I don’t know Michael personally, but from the few times I’ve talked to him and heard him speak, if there’s one thing Michael does care about, it’s increasing his readership. […]
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:16 am
[…] Rakesh Agrawal agrees with me that Mr. TechCrunch sure was acting kind of crunchy this weekend. But at the end of the day, we’ll all remember that post - so he wins in the end. That’s how this game is played. […]
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:56 am
Thanks, Marc! So when’s my first lesson on creating wedded bliss? Lisa?
October 25th, 2006 at 1:14 am
[…] Via a quick comment from Marc is news that Russell Beattie has left Yahoo. His notebook doesn’t seem to be coming back though. Shame. […]