I am watching as the blogging world crucifies me for not attending Blogworld in Las Vegas this week.
Here is why I didn’t attend Blogworld in Las Vegas this week:
I never agreed to attend the conference.
I would really appreciate it if the organizers of Blogworld would post something clearing this up.
Not one person who trashed me, many of whom I consider friends, even bothered to email me and ask why I wasn’t there.
Update: still no word from the conference organizers, and the trashings are now worse if anything. I think a lot of people wonder how I could miss my name and picture being all over the conference site. Others speculate that this was a PR stunt to get links. All I can say is that I don’t monitor what’s said about me on the web because there is no much negativity - I stopped looking in late 2005 and asked friends not to send me links to stuff that is trashing me. So I don’t see lots of stuff about me.
The first I heard about the event was early this week, and an email thread started. I said I had no idea I was supposed to be there. The conference sent another email asking me to come but got the dates wrong on the panels and at that point I just sort of dropped it. As someone who has organized conferences, I assumed they would handle this since they had a responsibility to the attendees.
And one other thing - unlike most startups who kill to speak at conferences for the exposure, it’s a net negative for me. I literally see attending a conference as a cost in terms of writing time. A day away is so many posts that I can’t write, etc. And if a big story breaks, it can be a very steep cost. When things like this happen, it gives me just the excuse I need to firmly tell everyone who contacts me that I can’t speak at their conference. So just to be clear, I’ll be at LeWeb this December because Loic is a friend. I’ll be at Davos early next year. And that is it. Not one other conference is currently on my schedule, and I doubt I’ll be adding any others. If I do I’ll post a note here on Crunchnotes. And if anyone sees my name on another conference site, please let me know and I will request that they remove it.
Update 2: I just spoke to Rick Clavert, the guy who put on the conference. First of all, he says the stuff in blognation is simply fabricated and that he did not make those statements. Rick and I had a high level conversation in August about me attending the event. I said sure, if we can work out the details (I say this to event organizers about once a week, most of the time the details are NOT worked out from there). Then it fell off the grid for me and the next time I thought about Blogworld was this week when I got an email from panel members asking what we should be talking about. My response to them was “I’m attending an event this week?”
Looking back through my emails, there were many from people associated with the event that I never read - I get through maybe 10% of my daily emails and I generally look for stuff from people I know. The conference assumed I was attending. I believe that was a mistake, since they never had direct communication with me again.
The problem here is that Leo said on stage that “I forgot” which is innacurate and sensationalist. And then blognation got very aggressive in trying to make this into something it isn’t. At this point I’m pissed off, and Blogworld is concerned about protecting their brand. I believe we both made errors.
But the net effect of this is, I won’t be speaking at any more conferences. It’s all downside. Perhaps one or two next year for good friends, and that’s it.
Update 3: Fuck it. Disregard the above. The real reason I didn’t go? I had the flu. Or something. Yeah. That’s it. So everyone just back off, and tell me you hope I get better soon.
[...] “Forgetting” To Keynote A Blog Conference? Seriously? November 9th, 2007 at 11:12 pm Update: Looks like there is a better reason than forgetting, and a lot of it has to do with communication errors — mostly, perhaps on BlogExpo’s behalf as like Mike never formally agreed to attend in the first place. Yoinks. [...]
if they don’t trash you how are they supposed to get traffic or linked to? lol.
Wow. Since you weren’t here, not sure if you have seen the printed materials but your name is everywhere along with the Web site - your photo is front and center. I’ve updated my post on CN.
[...] Michael is catching a lot of flack for his “surprise” non-appearance, yet he publicly posted in the Blogworld Facebook group long ago that he was unable to attend. [...]
Fair enough Mike, but honestly you are getting a name. Good that you commented on this one. Don’t know about emailing you
I hear you are a busy man. I wouldn’t expect a reply.
It’s not for anyone to tell you what to do… but maybe posting in the sidebar where you are attending would clarify a lot. Might solve 80% of the hassle.
[...] CrunchNotes Responds Mike Arrington responds to the posts and topic and says “I never agreed to attend the conference. I would really appreciate it if the organizers of Blogworld would post something clearing this up.” [...]
I get the feeling you should probably put a “where I’ll be” on crunchnotes so you have the first and last word on stuff like this.
Post it here then Michael. Why couldn’t you attend the Expo? Must be some reason!!!
[...] (Update 2: Mike has responded and states he never agreed to speak, despite him being heavily touted on the brochures and websites. Mike, I’m not making personal attacks at you or Om, in fact that’s the whole point, this has nothing to do with a single person but about the industry at large, so please read my post very carefully, I’m wishing you the best.) [...]
Why didn’t you say something before the conference when they were using your name to promote it? That would have been a better time to raise the issue, don’t you think?
Seens you might be choosing your words a bit carefully. “I never agreed to attend the conference.” Did you communicate with them at all? If so, what did you say?
I read the stories linked into techmeme, and I don’t see anyone trashing you or crucifying you. Seems you’re a bit oversensitive. Is just mentioning your name trashing or crucifying? Maybe you’re doing the trashing and crucifying. Just a thought.
I find it hard to believe that Rick Calvert (the one who put on the expo) would ever use someone’s name that said they weren’t going to be there. I would assume the hassle that would cause both parties would not be worth the positives they would both get out of it. However, if I am wrong and this is in fact true then I will retract my statements.
I do recall a conference a couple months back Mike that you showed up to a keynote 30mins late…
If the BWE story of you canceling at the last minute is right then you are certainly starting to make a name for yourself.
It’s not like he’s going to tell you something at a conference you can’t read here already anyway.
It’s happened to me once before too, where a conference says I’ll be attending as a speaker, but never asked me. I happened to see my name on a promotional mailing.
Behind the scenes, it could be that someone was supposed to ask Mike, forgot to, and the promotional material went out anyhow.
It seems to me people are just catching a ride on your name and the supposed ‘no-show’ as a good old fashion publicity stunt.
I say anyone who does it, can be safely excluded from being your friend by any definition, as seems that their loaylty is just with getting some Hits and Traffic and not interpersonal relationships.
I had something similar happen with this same event. They asked me to speak, I told them I would consider it and next thing I knew I was speaking! I had to tell folks to take me off the list like five times.
I think the producers of this event were a little too aggressive.
DC Crowley says on Blognation: “Mike has have a long history of being on the bill and not turning up (without canceling). We might like to chirp against Arrington here. That is not the point. The point is arrogance and respect for your audience. I think he should be left of the bill of all shows for a while. How can conference organizers think he is a show pullers when he never turns up. Drop ‘em I say. Surprised at Om! Should I be?” How about we just ignore Crapper Crowley for a while?
You say:
“Not one person who trashed me, many of whom I consider friends, even bothered to email me and ask why I wasn’t there.”
Know why? Because everyone assumed you are fully capable (even likely) to do it. You wanted the bad boy image dude. Believe me, you have it. Live with the consequences.
EB
[...] Blogworld — I am watching as the blogging world crucifies me for not attending Blogworld in Las Vegas this week. — Here is why I didn’t attend Blogworld in Las Vegas this week: — I never agreed to attend the conference. — I would really appreciate it if the organizers of Blogworld would post something clearing this up. Source: CrunchNotes Author: Mike Link: http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=432 [...]
“Not one person who trashed me, many of whom I consider friends, even bothered to email me and ask why I wasn’t there.”
and yet
“I get through maybe 10% of my daily emails.”
Maybe they did.
There is something so completely lame about ad hominem attacks, about something as stupid as conference administration, and about this whole flame war.
Frankly, while I’d love to hear you talk about all sorts of topics, blogging isn’t one of them. While your writing is in the style of blogs, your business is in the style of a trade journal or investment newsletter, not a model widely applicable to a general audience of bloggers.
Your notes about cutting off ego surfing are one of the hallmarks of celebrity: becoming selective about how and from whom you hear about yourself. As we all become more “famous” we’ll have to learn how to manage overwhelming positivity and negativity that lives in the general buzz.
The whole name calling thing is beneath us as a writerly community. I’m just waiting for someone to call someone else a nazi so we may invoke Godwin’s law and end this teapot tempest.
All the best, Mike.
[...] From his post yesterday at CrunchNotes, the no-show was caused by a communication misfire. The organizers of Blog World took his “Sure, whatever” as a solid ACK. [...]
[...] For Mike’s part, he totally denies that he ever agreed to attend and says that the fallout will prevent him from speaking at conferences again, except for one or two for friends next year. He also does not appear to be real impressed with Leo for saying that he forgot, or blognation for posting their story. For Leo’s part, if he was up for the session and at the last minute was told that Mike would not be attending for an unknown reason, and that he would have to hold the can, you can imagine that he would be a little pissed about the whole thing. [...]
Blogworld…
This story has been submitted to Stirrdup. Your support can help it become hot….
Mike, you say, “I said sure, if we can work out the details.” and the event organizers and Leo LaPorte reported you forgot you were supposed to attend.
Sounds like they had it right. You agreed (albeit without specific details) and then forgot about it.
I think you owe Rick an apology for claiming he didn’t have his facts right.
I’m squarely with you on this Mr. Mike. It was their responsibility to clarify attendance details, not yours. I’m guessing it was an honest mistake on their part but they need to own up to it. I’m confused why there is no email trail here though - why did they assume you’d be there without a written confirmation?
*
The good news is how much people were upset you were not there. Unlike Britney, they *want* to see you and you can be proud of that dude.
[...] I noted that Mike Arrington is going to Davos this year. I know another blogger who got an invite (not sure if he wants me to say). Now I wish I was a little less fame-averse. I had a great time in Davos in 2000. I’d love to go again. Oh well. [...]
In a couple weeks, everyone will forget about this. Blogworld needed (wanted) you more than you needed it. You are at a level where you don’t really need to attend events like this. I would just blow it off. I can think that there were at least four bigger incidences that involved you over the last three years. The funny thing is, I can’t remember what the details were, at all. This goes to show that this is not a big deal.
Michael, no one can unring a bell. The only thing you may regret about this in the future is not quickly hiring an experienced crisis advisor. Rightfully or wrongfully, flaming arrows are headed your way. I’m not selling my services (my client roster is full through 2008), but you *really* need to ‘think out loud’ in a conference room surrounded by people who can truly help you. It’s not about who is right or wrong, its about getting past this and gaining altitude. Best wishes, -BH-
Brian - wow, is this really a “crisis?” I thought it was just me being pissed off. I don’t think I’ll be hiring a publicist any time soon to help me tone down my messaging.
Seems, like Mike said, that mistakes were made on both ends. I’ll say this on Mike’s behalf… people should never, never assume anything. I come from a radio background, and when you have an important interview booked, you get verbal/e-mail confirmation, and cell phone numbers of both the person being interviewed and his/her handler. If the person to be interviewed is a no show, the host of the show looks at one person, the producer who booked it. And in this case … the conference booked (or tried to book) Mike, and they did not get proper confirmation from him.
Managing daily communication has become a monster for many. I’m not at the success stage (yet!) where my inbox and voicemail are filled to the brim. But I picked up some interesting tidbits from Tim Ferriss, author of the 4-Hour Workweek, at the NewNewInternet conference in Reston, VA. He apparently gets 1000 emails a day, and has a full time assistant handling his communications. If anyone wants to view his keynote, it can be found here: http://tnni07.thenewnewinternet.com/agenda
The guy outsources just about everything in his life, and can juggle a million things at once. Not a life I”m interested in, but he has obviously cracked the code and figured out how to keep up with the e-mail and request deluge.
Sorry to have unintentionally misrepresented the situation, Mike. I merely repeated what I had been told. I didn’t have time to confirm it with you - it was just before the session - and I had no reason not to believe the organizers. I did, however, need to say something to the attendees who expected you and Om to be there. I gave them the reasons I was given, exactly as I had been given them without embellishment.
I was looking forward to hearing from you and Om, but the session went well and Justine Ezarik did a great job filling in.
[...] Update: Mike Arrington writes “Here is why I didn’t attend Blogworld in Las Vegas this week. I never agreed to attend the conference.” [...]
[...] Update: The story I mentioned earlier about a BlogWorld has been responded to by the individuals involved, Mike Arrington and Om Malik. As I said, it’s an interesting story. I’ll be curious to see how it shakes out on all sides. [...]
[...] I just spoke to Mike again after re-reading our email exchange on Nov 6th and 7th and apologized profusely for giving him bad information in one of my emails. [...]
Mike, despite your obvious human presence, you have escalated to a brand - and one with considerable long term value. It’s OK to be passionate, even pissed off. The key is where, when and how. Only you have the answers. My suggestion for an advisor/mentor (not a classic PR person) is to allow you to hear your ideas and plans out loud. In essence, this person will stand at the white board as you plan your way forward, and without any attempt at spin, simply help you figure what goes in the benefit and risk columns. The answers lie in the man who stares back at you in the mirror. Oh, and that advisor/mentor need not be a paid professional. It may be your old High School Coach, a Pastor or any manner of trusted friend. Small and purposeful actions today, can give you the peace of mind in knowing you’ll be where you need to be in the years to come. Best wishes! -BH-
Arrington was supposed to go to Gnomedex and didn’t show up there, either. Given that he was preparing for TechCrunch20, it was reasonable for him not to come, but then why was Chris Pirillo still thinking on Friday night that he was coming? You’d think that Arrington could give somebody some notice. But he doesn’t, because he’s a self-absorbed arrogant jerk.
So who is lying? Rick says in the very post that claims it’s his fault and not yours, that you did agree to attend.
Bradford - I was supposed to go to gnomedex too? OMG wow. I never knew. Far as I know I wasn’t even on the speaker list.
ridiculous.
Sounds like you need a great admin
You need to learn to laugh all the way to the bank and quit whining about people saying bad things about you. Go or don’t go, I don’t see where it matters, to tell you the truth. What would you possibly say to a bunch of bloggers anyway, particularly the group that you love to trash from PPP?
If you don’t care what people say don’t blog about it like they’ve wounded you to the quick, and don’t get pissy when someone else has a real reason for not attending.
Karoli - appearances seem to be more important to you than reality…thus my “changing” my reason to a sickness. And am i not supposed to reply when a horde of bloggers pull out the pitchforks and call for a burning? I’ve ignored stuff in the past, and it has become “fact.” Just see dc crowley above.
Mike
Initially when I blogged about this, I was making a larger statement about the industry, it wasn’t intended to be a personal attack, but I can see why it would feel like one.
In retrospect, I’m not feeling so hot about that post, even though my intentions were not to make it personal.
I’ve updated the post as quickly as possible (it’s a jumble of updates now), and have been making corrections. It’s really hard to tell who said what, but I’m pretty sure given that what Rick said, i was a misunderstanding.
I owe you and apology, you’re right, we should have checked with you first.
In public, I’m apologizing you to you, I’m sorry for any grief I caused.
Jeremiah Owyang
Question: did you get an airline ticket, and was a hotel room booked for you?
[...] Also, a note on the kerfuffle over my session right after my talk. The session was billed as “The Cult of Blogging” and was supposed to feature A-list bloggers Om Malik and Mike Arrington. Om’s back was hurt and he couldn’t make it. Mike didn’t show either - I was told it was because he had “forgotten” but it seems to be more complicated than that. You can read Mike’s story on CrunchNotes, and Rick Calvert’s explanation at the BlogWorld site. I seem to have inadventantly ignited a tiny controversy. I apologize for that - but after all as the guy who did show up I had to say something. The good news is that Justine Ezarik filled in admirably and I think the attendees got a lot of good and useful information, even if they didn’t get to hear from Om and Mike. (No Ratings Yet) Loading … [...]
[...] Update: Om Mailik had a bad back, and Mike Arrington said he “never agreed to attend the conference“, although he apparently did agree to attend as long as Blogworld paid his airfare and hotel but some signals apparently got crossed later on, according convention organizer Rick Calvert. Arringon says in his blog post “the first I heard about the event was early this week” but Calvert shows emails from Arrington confirming he will attend… Gotta love it! [...]
Elijah! what I think or say is not the issue. Go back to blognation and see the rest of the discussion. It’s getting interesting. iJustine did great seemingly, maybe we have a new speaker? I also said earlier on the discussion *here* that Mike could clear up a lot of issues by maybe publishing a calander of where he is speaking. Could clear up misunderstandings which seem to follow Mike about. The issue is simply about going to a conference and getting to seewho you pay to see. The reason it went wrong is presenting conflicting stories here. Lets clear it up and move on. Not trying to convict anyone here. greetz from the two faced whining snake
I’m typing trype. Retry: Elijah! what I think or say is not the issue. Go back to blognation and see the rest of the discussion. It’s getting interesting. iJustine did great seemingly, maybe we have a new speaker? I also said earlier on the discussion *here* that Mike could clear up a lot of issues by maybe publishing a calander of where he is speaking.
The issue is simply about going to a conference and getting to see who you pay to see. The reason it went wrong? Both sides seem to be presenting conflicting stories here. Lets clear it up and move on. Not trying to convict anyone here. greetz from the two faced whining snake
[...] But, that really isn’t the point of my post. It’s that someone should be able to miss a conference, for whatever reason, without it creating drama like this. Not because I agree or disagree with the reason behind any of it, on either side, but because I think this kind of speaks volumes about the current state of the market, and more significantly, the mindset people - from start-ups to media to bloggers - presently have. Bloggers who “didn’t have time” to check into details yet wrote heated posts. Attendees of what I believe was intended to be a business conference citing themselves as “fans” and expressing disappointment as if they went to meet Aerosmith and Steven Tyler didn’t show. Even the fact that the conference organizers released to the audience that a speaker “forgot” seems a little weird and unprofessional. People, surely with the best intentions, racing to take sides and defend in heated, dramatic comments on every blog as if we’re in high school and somebody picked on the head cheerleader, when in reality the story did come out and spoke for themselves. [...]
Honestly, if Mark Cuban can attend so could you!
“Bradford - I was supposed to go to gnomedex too? OMG wow. I never knew. Far as I know I wasn’t even on the speaker list.”
BS, Arrington. You were on the attendee list. I never said you were a scheduled speaker, but Chris expected you to participate.
Here are two things you’ve asserted above regarding BlogWorld which clearly aren’t true:
1. I never agreed to attend the conference.
2. The first I heard about the event was early this week
You even admit it yourself:
“Rick and I had a high level conversation in August about me attending the event. I said sure, if we can work out the details (I say this to event organizers about once a week, most of the time the details are NOT worked out from there).”
The arrogance of that last sentence is off the charts. Why aren’t the details worked out? Because when people give you the details, you blow them off.
So here is the central issue that people are fed up with regarding your behavior: “Yeah, I’ll tell people I’m going to do something, I’ll pat their heads and nod, and then I’ll ignore their follow-ups, because fuck them, anyway, I’m the great Michael Arrington and who the hell are they but people wanting to use me for their own gain at my expense.”
That’s what you’ve admitted to here with your “net negative” analysis and your “I don’t read emails” excuses.
At least you’ve finally quit pretending that you’re one of us and that you see yourself as above us all.
Well I say that thing is for certain.. you seem like a real dick
Ok where do I start? How about stop it please?
That won’t work. TechCrunch and Mike are very successful brands and that makes them a huge target. So lots of people are going to take shots at him whenever they get a chance. This confusion gave them a chance. Combine that with the fact that lots of people also wanted to meet him and hear him speak and were understandably disappointed you get this blog drama.
Lots of people were asking me why Mike wasn’t showing up, I told them all what I knew but I also told them all that it wasn’t his fault and told them we didn’t want to this to reflect negatively on him. A couple of folks asked me to speak “on the record” and I told them no. I wanted to get my facts straight before saying anything like that.
This whole thing proves the saying a rumor gets around the world before the truth gets its shoes on.
Mike wanted to come, he was excited to come and he has told me this in three separate phone conversations. Two of them coming after the event and all of this drama. He seems like a really nice guy and a stand up guy to me and a credit to the blogosphere. That no doubt has a lot to do with his success.
He just had a schedule conflict and it was an honest mistake. He even tried to rearrange his schedule at the last minute and that fell through due to my mistake. Period.
Others have said the responsibility was on us to double triple and quadruple confirm his appearance and they are right. We did do this with our Keynote speakers but not with Mike.
I only spoke to Mike once before the event but in my mind we were confirmed. All those details are in my post. My only defense is Mike was not giving a keynote as some have falsely reported. He was scheduled to be a panelist on two talks. We had about 150 speakers at the conference. About 6 did not show. All with good reason.
One only made it after a member of my staff gave up her plane ticket at the last minute and drove to Vegas. Another missed his talk due to being mugged Thursday night. We were told he had been stabbed. He is ok and that was a rumor. He was injured in the attack but not severely.
I understand that to many of you TechCrunch is the most important, loved, hated, influential, site in the blogosphere, but in the scheme of our event he was only a part of something much much bigger. An important part.
This was supposed to be the world’s first gathering of our “industry”, representing very diverse members of the blogosphere and it was. We had people who are just as famous, influential, loved and hated as Mike from numerous blogging communities. Including Leo Laporte, Markos from Daily Kos, Glenn Reynolds from Instapundit, Mark Cuban, Matt Burden from BlackFive (the biggest milblog in the world) La Shawn Barber (a huge godblogger), etc. They were all walking the hallways and aisles meeting their fans and peers from other genres they had never met or known about before.
If you ask any political blogger who Mike Arrington is 99% of them will have no idea. I know because I asked them. Before we launched this show I had no idea who he was. I had several people come up to me and tell me they had no idea there was such a thing as a milblog, while they had the most famous guy in that community standing right next to them.
I am sorry that many of you were disappointed in not seeing Mike there, I am sorry Mike had to take all of this abuse, but most of all I am sorry for my part in bringing out the worst of the blogosphere in this particular instance when it was my intention to bring out the best in us.
I hope this is the last word on this and I hope we can all move on and represent ourselves to the world in a positive light. I can assure you they are watching right now.
Most sincerely,
Rick Calvert
CEO & Co-founder
BlogWorld & New Media Expo
ps
Blog on!
Of all the things I am pissed off about, I think the fact that Bradford is calling me a bad person for not attending a conference where I wasn’t speaking (just an attendee) is the most ridiculous. I mean seriously, you guys are just a mob at this point and nothing I can do is going to make you stop.
“BS, Arrington. You were on the attendee list. I never said you were a scheduled speaker, but Chris expected you to participate.”
I mean, seriously. What. The. Fuck.
Mike,
It’s a classic - and unfair - case of shooting first and, unfortunately, asking questions (or waiting for the correct facts) later.
Mark
what the hell is a milblog?
oh wait–i looked it up. some of us have been around here so long we remember when they were called warbloggers.
you have to be kidding me - even if you say you didnt know and that none of your
“friends” talked to you - bullsh**. you know going to vegas your supposed friends
would mail/twitter/im you to hang out, it is vegas after all. and duncan, your lead writer also confirmed
that he knew you were going. you have the world at your feet and yet you act like a jerk so much. and now you attack om, yet again. wish i could understand
why he decided to be in your techcrunchies. if it was an open event, you wouldn’t
have stuck it under tc.com to grab alexa
if you want to be the leader, act like it. otherwise get out.
and to rick - you used mikes picture to promote the event and get signups - you
yourself just said above that lots of people asked you where he was - so yes, it
would be like promoting a singer who you havent even signed to appear. had this been
a concert, many would have asked for their money back.
[...] The buzz around BlogWorld Expo Friday surrounded two topics, Mark Cuban speaking, and Mike Arrington not. I wrote about it, talked with Rick, replied to Om, and kept the post updated. Mike gave us his side of the story, and now so has Rick–This is not Mike Arrington’s Fault. It’s Mine | Blog World Expo Blog–clearly all I have left to say is Mike, I’m sorry. Technorati Tags: blogworld, blogworldexpo, blogworld expo, blognation, blognation Canada, Mike Arrington, Om Malik, Rick Calvert [...]
so much drama in the lbc.
don’t sweat it. i think most people who are complaining weren’t even there themselves. plus, do they think travel/lodging is cheap? good god, if you go to 2 conferences a year, you’re dropping 2k+ easy.
You asked “WHAT. THE. FUCK.” so I’ll tell you.
At your level, you’re never just another conference attendee. You failing to show up without notice is no different that giving an affirmative RSVP for a dinner party and then not going, without so much as a call to the host and/or hostess.
This isn’t about one conference or two. It’s a pattern with you, which is why you’re getting the reaction you are. And your “I’m a busy person” wore thin a long time ago. We’re all busy. We all have important lives.
Given your age, with your advanced education and your high social standing, you can’t be a complete social moron, so yeah, the only other explanation that I see is you’re a bad person who does this no-show act knowingly and without remorse.
Bradford - Lot of anger, no facts to back it up. “You failing to show up without notice”. Never happened. Not once. Ever. At any event.
Your last comment attacked me for not showing up to a conference where I wasn’t even a speaker. That is absurd. ABSURD. you have an agenda. i really don’t care what it is that I did to offend you, but get over it and get over yourself. you don’t know me and yet you write like you’d take pleasure in seeing me dead.
hey, guess what! Comments are now closed. Go away.
[...] Fittingly, we couldn’t have a blogging convention without a dust-up, this one courtesy TechCrunch’s own Michael Arrington, who is being lambasted for “forgetting” to appear at the well-named “The Cult of Blogging” session. Arrington said he never really confirmed he’d appear, despite comments to the contrary. Arrington said the fuss has made him swear off most future conferences (ah, we won’t hold our breath on that.) [...]
[...] There was drama in the blogging world recently when A-list bloggers Michael Arrington and Om Malik allegedly blew off their speaking engagements at BlogWorld. I for one cannot blame Michael and Om for not showing, regardless of the true reasons behind their absences. [...]
[...] “I am watching as the blogging world crucifies me,” TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington writes, after he didn’t attend a Las Vegas conference where he’d been advertised as a star panelist. Crucifies? Mike, rent a copy of The Passion of the Christ before you, like John Lennon, reach for that self-aggrandizing metaphor again. And if you think your fellow bloggers hate you now, wait’ll they find out you’ve been invited to Davos. Elsewhere over the weekend, funtrepreneur Jason Calacanis got himself booted from the insidery Gillmor Gang podcast. No, we don’t listen to it either. But we did play the you’re-fired phone call Calacanis posted to his Twitter page. Mental note: Calacanis records his calls. [...]
[...] “After the public lynching over the weekend where I was attacked for not attending a conference that I never agreed to attend,” blogs TechCrunch honcho Michael Arrington, “I’ve canceled all upcoming speaking engagements.” But he’s still going to Davos in January. Do the math: Arrington isn’t going to make any public presos at Davos — he’s just part of the audience. They’ll let him blog it. So don’t get all huffypants about how Mike’s going and you’re not. [...]
[...] “After the public lynching over the weekend where I was attacked for not attending a conference that I never agreed to attend,” blogs TechCrunch honcho Michael Arrington, “I’ve canceled all upcoming speaking engagements.” But he’s still going to Davos in January. Do the math: Arrington isn’t going to make any public presos at Davos — he’s just part of the audience. They’ll let him blog it. So don’t get all huffypants about how Mike’s going and you’re not. [...]
[...] So we had a day or two to really let The BlogWorld Expo sink in and I must say for an inaugural event, I think it was run rather smoothly. Josh and I were able to attend a number of great seminars with some really diverse keynote speakers from every end of the digital spectrum. The topics seemed to be endless, ranging from an open panel Q&A about raising venture capital all the way to a lecture discussing Web10.0; a glimpse of society and the Internet a hundred years into the future. However, the conference wasn’t without its controversies. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch was supposed to be a keynote speaker, but was unable to attend. While I’m disappointed that I wasn’t able to see such a prominent tech icon speak in person; I think the blogosphere is giving him a lot more grief then he actually deserves. You can read what both sides are asserting on Michael’s blog CrunchNotes. [...]
[...] Last week Blogworld concluded. Mike Arrington and Om Malik were supposed to speak. They didn’t. Om was sick. Mike…his situation is the interesting one. So many things went wrong it’s almost comical. Ok, it is comical. [...]
[...] The Evan Series - Video Rentals Coming Soon to iTunes? Latest iPhone update jailbroken before it hits the ground Eye-Fi: How One Little Chip Will Change the Way You Share Pictures Rumormonger: Digg close to a $300 million sale? That’s Your AIM in My GTalk IndiaTimes website ‘attacks visitors’ Radiohead says its fans are not cheapskates Mike Arrington Crucified for no-show @ Blogworld Games that can educate: SimCity donated to OLPC project Pownce : Note From Kevin Demonoid Shuts Down Again Posted by andy Filed in Show Notes, The Drill Down [...]
[...] » Blogworld No Comments Leave a Commenttrackback addressYou must log in to post acomment. [...]
[...] Update 11-10-07: Michael Arrington says he never agreed to attend the Blogworld conference and he “would really appreciate it if the organizers of Blogworld would post something clearing this up.” The Blogworld Expo’s website does list Arrington as a speaker so they really should explain why Michael Arrington was listed if he never agreed to attend. Posted in Blogging Events Permalink | Recent Headlines | Twitter | WWFeeds.com [...]
[...] I noted that Mike Arrington is going to Davos this year. I know another blogger who got an invite (not sure if he wants me to say). Now I wish I was a little less fame-averse. I had a great time in Davos in 2000. I’d love to go again. Oh well. [...]
[...] Arrington not. I wrote about it, talked with Rick, replied to Om, and kept the post updated. Mike gave us his side of the story, and now so has Rick–This is not Mike Arrington’s Fault. It’s Mine | Blog World Expo [...]
[...] views surrounding the BlogWorld panel I was on that Arrington “no-showed” (aka didn’t agree to attend). #7: Intense Debate - Exposing comment “dark matter” - Brad Feld defined the Dark [...]
how to bet at saratoga…
incompetence chancing attuned …
instant quote health insurance…
reassessments romper transparency …