Blogs Bring Back Dot-Com Poster Boy

An anonymous reader writes "Wired has a profile of Jason Calacanis, the former Dot-Com bubble rider, and now the mind behind the sale of Weblogs, Inc. to AOL." From the article: "Calacanis and Alvey wanted to get in on the action, but the scale and limitations of blogs bugged them. 'We decided that one blog, like Rafat's, could make tens of thousands of dollars a year,' says Alvey. 'Definitely enough for one person who works 24 hours a day to sustain a business. But how could you get so that you could add more people?' The answer, they decided, was to build a network of blogs."

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Re:Slashbot replies

[kfg]

. . .no one wants to read about boring details of other people's lives . . .

I only just now, while reading your post, noticed that my VCR has a "Home Theater Ready" sticker on it. That's stupid.

So I peeled it off.

. . .you should look at ones that are popular and fit your tastes. . .

That's why I "blog" by posting shit like the above on Slashdot, because I know people here will be interested in it.

KFG

Re:A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

[generic-man]

I can't substantiate the parent's ad hominem attack on the Weblogs Inc co-founder, but the air of pretension is exactly the reason I stopped reading sites like Engadget. Everything is treated like a gossip item. Imagine if an item on Slashdot were presented with impeccable spelling and grammar but treated like a bunch of valley girls were reporting it.

Slashdot: Google annonced its new calendar service today. Google Calendar ingrats with Outlook and iCal and is the most advanced calendar service available for free as in beer

Engadget: OMG, like Google announced its new calendar service. All you other guys can just like F off because this is the shizzle. Google Calendar lets you get your meeting on from your web browser and it totally has all the Outlook and iCal integration goodness we know you're just spooging your Victoria's Secret underwear about. Get your invite today, dog!