Monthly Archives: March 2008

Review of the ‘Twhirl’ Twitter Client

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Derek

Twhirl is a relatively new Twitter client that packs just about everything you need for twittering into one Adobe Air based application.  While Twhirl of course handles all the basic things you need out of a Twitter client, I feel … Continue reading →

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My Mahalo Moment

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Derek

So I had my ‘Mahalo moment’ yesterday, but, is it what Jason & Mahalo expect? For those looking for a good place to get an idea of what Mahalo is good at, here are some pages to get you started … Continue reading →

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The Calacanis Effect

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Derek

Some people have been wondering how much having Jason Calacanis link to your blog in his twitter feed (twice) and his blog?  Well, some initial numbers from the last 24 hours… About 70 new Twitter followers.  With each of his … Continue reading →

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The hunt for my ‘Mahalo Moment’: Part 2

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Derek

The journey continues… So, I think I have a pretty good idea of what Mahalo can/can’t do at this point and I have a theory as to why the ‘TechCrunch 100,000′ (as Jason calls us) have such a problem with … Continue reading →

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The hunt for my ‘Mahalo Moment’: Part 1

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Derek

After railing on his site enough, I promised Jason Calacanis I’d take a fair look at his latest startup (Mahalo.com) and say something nice about it, well… once I was actually about to find something.  So here’s the first video … Continue reading →

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Justice department approves merger between XM and Sirius

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Derek

CNN Link Their justification for allowing two companies to merge when there are no other competitors is that XM/Sirius really does have competitors aside from terrestrial radio, and they’re the internet and iPods. I’ll roll with that as far as … Continue reading →

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Jason Calacanis and his human powered spam

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Derek

A little over a month ago I sent out a tweet that essentially said mahalo.com was worthless, had no value, and looked like “content throw up.” Well, as you can probably tell, I’ve never really seen the value in Mahalo.com … Continue reading →

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Six songs to get your in the mood for St Patty’s day.

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Derek

St Patrick’s Day is no doubt the greatest holiday out there. I love irish rock, and I love the experience of all day bar-hopping. So, here’s 6 songs to get you in the mood for some St Patty’s Day drinking. … Continue reading →

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When the internet invades TechCrunch

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Derek

Due to Yahoo Buzz, this TechCrunch article appeared on the Yahoo.com homepage, and wow… 1000+ comments later it’s almost as if mom & dad went away for the weekend and the kids trashed the house.  Talk about some of the … Continue reading →

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iPod Killer Found, pt 2

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Derek

About 18 months ago I wrote a blog post, iPod Killer… Found.  In that post, I analyzed what would finally kill the iPod, and the requirements I said needed to exist on this mythical device was: Media player Good quality … Continue reading →

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