Liz Smith sums it all up brilliantly. It’s poetry really and describes so much more than Paris and the web. She’s a sharp old broad.

Not a real surprise here. What took them so long?

I’m not a Calacanis fan generally. He just kinda rubs me the wrong way. He’s fucking smart though, and a hustler. That’s why I respect him. He recently said that Ajax is not a business model. Perfect.

People don’t care about technology at all. They care about just getting what they want. Their Content.

They don’t care how they get it.

They also don’t care who gives it to them, which is why it comes down to the content, the branding, and the technology. In that order.

People don’t care about technology at all.

People do not care about my blog, your blog, vc’s, rss, search, ajax, wordpress, chartreuse, adsense, and everything else that you and I think are cool.

What they do care about is YouTube and Itunes.

And people.

Just like they always have.

To use the sports analogy. It’s not the equipment, it’s the player.

It’s been so negative around here lately. It’s time to get back to doing what we do best. Posting dopey ads.

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