Posts Tagged with ‘Carla-Thompson’

Shel vs. Loren (and puppet). TechCrunch50 vs. DEMO. Mike Arrington vs. Pete Cashmore (and, well, pretty much everyone). We've all seen the constant battle of words in the blogosphere, but the real question is why these altercations come up at all.
In the world of Web 2.0, attention is everything. Getting attention and maintaining an audience are crucial to any type of success for a company, and the struggle for eyeballs has continued to escalate as a result. It's no longer [...]

Today is Mother's Day in the U.S. and many other parts of the world, so I thought I'd take advantage of the day to celebrate some of my favorite moms from blogs and other social networks.
Sundry: Linda is probably the "mommy blogger" I've read the longest, and she was one of my first interviews here on Profy. I was reading her blog before being a mommy was even on the radar, and she'd continued to keep her blog interesting even [...]

If it wasn't for Carla Thompson's Tweet this morning, the announcement that Piggly Wiggly had selected MyWebGrocer to provide an interactive weekly circular, online shopping list, personalized marketing, advertising, social networking, and full-sale online grocery shopping for 10 stores would have completely escaped my notice. And when it comes to press releases, I can see why; instead of touting full-sale online shopping (as it should have), it showcases the buzzwords of "online shopping list" and "social networking." Welcome to the [...]

When I saw the announcement for TechCrunch50 (or whatever number Michael Arrington and Jason Calcanis end up changing it to), I let out a little gasp, but I'm not sure why I was surprised. It took me a little while to digest that they were so blatant as to schedule the dates for their start-up launch event right on top of DEMO's fall dates.
It's taken me a few hours to digest it, really. I had to consider what this means [...]