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Love the bubble video

chris — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:50:19 -0800

If you haven't seen the Bubble Video, made famous by TechCrunch and the many lawsuits coming it's way, watch it now. I freaking love this video for many reasons:

It is hilarious.
I can point out to my older khaki pants, blue shirt wearing product management colleagues that they star in this video for being obsolete:)
Web 2.0 is getting a bit ridiculous and this video wouldn't be getting so much attention if this wasn't true. Just look at all the companies listed on Go2Web2.0. Many of these sites exist because they can, not because they should.
The buzzwords are getting out of hand too, although I do giggle whenever someone says "mobile penetration". I encourage more video mockeries be made to make buzzword saying people (mostly MBA's) feel ridiculous. I may start playing Web 2.0 Bingo at conferences...
Hopefully this takes those Rails/Ajax developers and their inflated egos down a peg, restful this...
Blog, blog, blog it all, blog it if it's big or small! You don't have to blog if you don't want to, really, you don't have to.
Pokes fun at people with giant egos who are successful in part due to luck. I hate giant egos.

Don't get me wrong, I love Web 2.0 and all the social sites that have pretty much replaced everything I used to do on the internet. To be successful you do have to have changing the world as your goal and I know first hand how hard it is to build a great product/service that does just that. However, it seems like people are trying to ride the web 2.0 wave to quick riches these days. For this reason, the justified mockery begins. I wish people would make viral video mockeries of more fads, like say for tight jeans, Volkswagen vehicles, and reality TV, as a start.

Chris
EQO Customer Evangelist

Nominate EQO for The Crunchies

jeff — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:06:16 -0800

It's been quite a year in the world of mobile apps and we've had a ton of fun building out the EQO service at the front of the pack this year. There is a huge amount of pride among the team here at what we've accomplished both inside the company and among our community of EQO users.

For all the users who have joined the EQO network and given feedback to the team and on the to improve the service - Thank You!

To all the EQO users and fans out there, please take a moment to nominate us for one or more of the following awards ("The Crunchies") run by techcrunch.com.

Thanks!

Dig A Silicon Valley Girl

chris — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:26:57 -0800

I saw Dig A Silicon Valley Girl on TechCrunch today and found it too good not to share. I find the unabashed, blatant sexism hilarious and not the least bit surprising. What I do find surprising (pleasantly so) is that there are hot girls, who are actual nerds, working in the valley. I had previously thought, based on my own experiences in the Vancouver tech industry, that hot tech geeks, male or female, were mythical. I guess if they are to exist then the valley is the place to find them, what with the warm temperatures and innovative spirit and all. What is true is that sex sells (just ask iJustine) and the featured ladies will likely see their career stock rise. What is also true is that the guys behind this site are geniuses; sensationalism gets eyes and they surely have the eyes of the industry on them now, at least for a little while.

Chris
EQO Customer Evangelist