Archive for January, 2009
German most influential tech blog on auction on Ebay
Posted by: | CommentsRobert Basic, owner of the most influential tech blog in Germany called Basic Thinking, decided to start something new from scratch and to sell his blog on Ebay. As he wrote on his blog, Basic Thinking generated around 37 000 Euro annual income. Current auction price on Ebay has reached around 24 000 Euro.
Germany is big and important Web market, and in my opinion, having a blog named to be as “the most influential German tech blog”, or to be classified like “German Techcrunch” deserves much better price from that, especially with that annual income.
My opinion is that influential blogs are worth much more and with blogs, not everything is counted by pure math - like how much income it generates. In many cases, a certain blog is much more valued because of the influence it has
Crunchies finalists, runner-ups and winners announced
Posted by: | CommentsThe Crunchies, a TechCrunch 2nd annual show where Silicon Valley opinion makers, startups, investors and everyone else involved and interested in Web 2.0 gathered, in the sold-out ceremenony, in front of 900 people spotlighted best people, companies and services in their opinion for 2008.
I will include here only winners (because winners take all :-)):
Best Application - Google Reader
Best Technology Innovation/Achievement - Facebook Connect
Best Design - Cooliris
Best Bootstrapped Starup - GitHub
Most Likely To Make The World A Better Place - GoodGuide
Best Enterprise Startup - Amazon Web Services
Best International Startup - eBuddy
Best Clean Tech Startup - Project Frog
Best New Gadget/Device - iPhone 3G
Best Mobile Startup - Evernote
Best Mobile Application - Imeem Mobile
Best Startup Founder - Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone (Twitter)
Best Startup CEO - Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Best Overall Startup In 2008 - Facebook