seriously, i'm not half as bad as I seem... Kevin Rose and Danny Sullivan and I are good friends (Dave and Andrew? not so much :-).
... and i didn't leave Netscape in failure... i left to start something new. In truth, Netscape/Propeller has been a big success WITHOUT/DESPITE me. They are the #2 site in social news and DIGG has recently admitted to hiring editors... so, in some ways I was ahead of the curve.
In terms of Veronica? You're 100% right... she is brilliant and the first fifty episodes have had over 2M views... not counting the 2M views we had with our CES coverage with Engadget. Each show is getting 40k views on average already, and given the archive views they will each reach 60-80k views over year one.
The goal I set for the team was 100k views per episode, and they are 40-50% of the way there (on average) after just three months. They will get there in another 3-6 months.
Let's have a beer sometime and you'll see I'm not the Sith Lord Valleywg makes me out to be.
best jason
Anjuan
· 1 year ago
Hi Jason, Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my blog post. I really appreciate it!
When I began writing the post about Veronica, I knew that I had to include some background about you because you were the catalyst for one of the defining moments in her career: her decision to leave CNET. I decided to characterize you as most of the coverage (at least in the blogosphere) characterizes you: very straightforward, brutally honest, and, yes, somewhat of a less than favorable character. To some degree, I shared that perception having viewed your confrontation with Andrew in that infamous episode of TWiT. However, I tried to present an unbiased representation of the general public view of you because I saw that as a key reason for a lot of the negative outcry against Veronica joining Mahalo.
I admit that my personal view of you has mellowed based on the subsequent appearances that you made on TWiT. I now realize that you are a person who simply says what is on your mind with very little to no filter. I have even come to appreciate this aspect of your personality. As Oscar Wilde said, "a true friend stabs you in the front". I hope that people who hold a negative view of you based on media coverage (yep, including Valleywag) will eventually come to appreciate this about you as well.
Thanks for the corrections about the disposition of your departure from Netscape and your friendships with Kevin and Danny. I am new to writing these types of blog posts, and I appreciate constructive feedback since it improves the accuracy and quality of my writing. I will work on my research going forward.
I have no doubt that Mahalo Daily will continue to grow in leaps and bounds. In many ways, Veronica's success with the show is a vindication of your decision to take her away from CNET.
Let me know the next time you're in Houston, and I'll take you up on that beer!
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seriously, i'm not half as bad as I seem... Kevin Rose and Danny Sullivan and I are good friends (Dave and Andrew? not so much :-).
... and i didn't leave Netscape in failure... i left to start something new. In truth, Netscape/Propeller has been a big success WITHOUT/DESPITE me. They are the #2 site in social news and DIGG has recently admitted to hiring editors... so, in some ways I was ahead of the curve.
In terms of Veronica? You're 100% right... she is brilliant and the first fifty episodes have had over 2M views... not counting the 2M views we had with our CES coverage with Engadget. Each show is getting 40k views on average already, and given the archive views they will each reach 60-80k views over year one.
The goal I set for the team was 100k views per episode, and they are 40-50% of the way there (on average) after just three months. They will get there in another 3-6 months.
Let's have a beer sometime and you'll see I'm not the Sith Lord Valleywg makes me out to be.
best jason
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my blog post. I really appreciate it!
When I began writing the post about Veronica, I knew that I had to include some background about you because you were the catalyst for one of the defining moments in her career: her decision to leave CNET. I decided to characterize you as most of the coverage (at least in the blogosphere) characterizes you: very straightforward, brutally honest, and, yes, somewhat of a less than favorable character. To some degree, I shared that perception having viewed your confrontation with Andrew in that infamous episode of TWiT. However, I tried to present an unbiased representation of the general public view of you because I saw that as a key reason for a lot of the negative outcry against Veronica joining Mahalo.
I admit that my personal view of you has mellowed based on the subsequent appearances that you made on TWiT. I now realize that you are a person who simply says what is on your mind with very little to no filter. I have even come to appreciate this aspect of your personality. As Oscar Wilde said, "a true friend stabs you in the front". I hope that people who hold a negative view of you based on media coverage (yep, including Valleywag) will eventually come to appreciate this about you as well.
Thanks for the corrections about the disposition of your departure from Netscape and your friendships with Kevin and Danny. I am new to writing these types of blog posts, and I appreciate constructive feedback since it improves the accuracy and quality of my writing. I will work on my research going forward.
I have no doubt that Mahalo Daily will continue to grow in leaps and bounds. In many ways, Veronica's success with the show is a vindication of your decision to take her away from CNET.
Let me know the next time you're in Houston, and I'll take you up on that beer!
Regards,
Anjuan