Topic: Jason Calacanis

Jason Calacanis Wasn't "Force-Joined" to NAMBLA's Facebook Group, Here's Why [Updated: He Was]

Facebook's the subject of Jason Calacanis' wrath at the moment. The tech pundit and occasional prankster just fired off a heated email to Facebook's execs, and promoted it with a widely publicized blog, alleging it's possible to "force join" someone to a group. [Updated]READ»

Part I of Inside Mahalo, the Human Produced Search Engine

Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo, introduces us to his new search engine and directory. This is a unique search engine because the results aren't produced by algorithms. Rather people all over the world contribute to it. Calacanis ...READ»

Man vs. Machine

Serial Webmeister Jason Calacanis survived the dotcom bust and went on to sell Weblogs Inc. to AOL for $25 million. He says his new search engine--powered by people, of all things--will give Google a run for its money. We almost believe him.READ»

Viral Loop: Jason Calacanis Q&A From the Top of the Leader Board

The leader board, which ranks the top 20 Viral Loop Facebook app users by value, has a new name at the top: entrepreneur and Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis.READ»

Blogging and Other Social Fixtures

In his blog post, It's the End of Blogging as We Know It, Norman Birnbach discusses Jason Calacanis' announcement that he would quit blogging and stick with sending messages to a mailing list of friends and followers. Norman goes on ...READ»

It's the End of Blogging as We Know It, According to Jason Calacanis

Blogger Jason Calacanis has retired from blogger, saying blogging is dead. He's now shifting to email. Read about why in TechCrunch's Jason Calacanis’ First New Email Post. Here are Calacanis' main reasons for saying blogging is ...READ»

Jason Calacanis' Retirement Could Save Newspapers

A couple of weeks ago Jason Calacanis announced he was retiring from blogging. This, from a guy who many consider the catalyst to professional blogging. In his follow up email (re-posted here by TechCrunch), Jason details his ...READ»

Jason Calacanis' Retirement Could Save Newspaper

A couple of weeks ago Jason Calacanis announced he was retiring from blogging. This, from a guy who many consider the catalyst to professional blogging. In his follow up email (re-posted here by TechCrunch), Jason details his ...READ»

Jason Calacanis' Retirement Could Save Newspaper

A couple of weeks ago Jason Calacanis announced he was retiring from blogging. This, from a guy who many consider the catalyst to professional blogging. In his follow up email (re-posted here by TechCrunch), Jason details his ...READ»

Pulling the Trigger

Often the greatest regret after you fire someone is that you didn't do it earlier -- sometimes it's just better to fire sooner than later.READ»

Actor Kevin Pollak Reinvents Himself With Web Video

In his 30-year career, Kevin Pollak has appeared in more than 60 films and created indelible roles in such modern classics as A Few Good Men and The Usual Suspects. His Internet awakening occurred in 2009, when he started his ...READ»

How To Be an A-List Blogger - Commenting (Part 1 In a Series)

“How to become an A-list blogger,” indeed. I may be going out on a limb with this series because I am not, in fact, an A-list blogger. However, I do contend that you don’t need a Ferrari to know how to get to the grocery ...READ»

Hobo 3.0: A Convention for the New, New, New Economy!

Don't miss the premier tech-biz-media convention for the new, new, new economy!READ»

Can the Wisdom of the Crowds Help Us Through the Downturn?

As mainstream media becomes more open to tapping into the blogosphere and even the Twittersphere during this collapse; news and analysis are becoming two-way conversations.READ»

SXSW: Production Companies 2.0

On Saturday I attended a panel about videoblogging and independent producers who are moving from hobbyists to full-fledged profitable production companies.READ»

Back to Nature: Enter Natural Language and Human Powered Search

Have you grown tired of the growing index of search results? Across the search engines of your choice, the results are gathered via keywords, metadata and algorithms. The American Customer Satisfaction Index shows that at best the ...READ»

Citizen Media: The High School Years

A yearbook portrait of the citizen-journalist upstarts trying to rule the media school. READ»

Social Media Opportunities and Challenges: The Big Picture

Chris Shipley is the executive director of BlogOn, as well as the cofounder and editorial director of the Guidewire Group. Tony Perkins created and serves as editor in chief of AlwaysOn. Bill Schreiner is VP of community programming ...READ»

The Gadgeteers

Gadget bloggers supply early adopters with quick gizmo fixes and a view of the tech horizon. Here are four of the best.READ»

Television on the Web Is Redefining Must-See Viewing

The boldest move in network TV this fall? "The Big Bang Theory" is moving to Thursday nights. Yawn. But on the Web, new-media networks like Funny or Die and performers such as Felicia Day are producing imaginative shows that redefine must-see viewing -- whether you watch on an iPad or a Web-enabled TV. Sit back, relax, and reprogram your prime time.READ»

Super-Charge Your Twittering With FollowFormation

This morning we reported that nearly 70% of adult Americans are clueless about Twitter. Here's one new tool that can help them out. FollowFormation is a free service launched last week by an 18-year-old entrepreneur named Brian ...READ»

Easy Money: Mint.com CEO Aaron Patzer is Merging Personal Finance with Web 2.0

Aaron Patzer is taking on Quicken by merging personal finance with Web 2.0. Can he get twentysomethings to be smart with their cash? READ»

We Live in Public: Are We Surrendering Our Privacy--and Sanity--to the Internet?

Award-winning director Ondi Timoner's latest documentary is a captivating look at our growing dependence on the Internet.READ»

Microcelebrity Is the Key To Success In Today's Freebie World

"How would you make money if you owned Twitter?" Venture capitalist and CEO of Alltop Guy Kawasaki asked Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson at the closing keynote of SXSW. "That was one of the questions I was ...READ»

Mr. Social: Ashton Kutcher Plans to Be the Next New-Media Mogul

How Ashton Kutcher is pioneering a new kind of media business, bridging Hollywood, technology, and Madison Avenue. Really.READ»

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