Over the EdgeDan Rosenbaum's take on tech, parenting, politics, search, and pretty much anything elseMeckler buys Mediabistro- July 19, 2007 It was no secret that the media trade site mediabistro.com was for sale, and the asking price of $25 million was reported so widely that it was easily believable. But yesterday's word that the buyer (for $20 million now and maybe $3 million maybe later) was Alan Meckler and Jupitermedia was, well, pretty surprising. Alan's a legit internet pioneer and visionary. He parlayed a print newsletter about library IT systems into the Internet World magazine and tradeshows -- one of the most successful.http://www.danrosenbaum.com/over-the-edge/2007/07/meckler-buys-mediabistro-1.html British Aircraft Carrier in Brooklyn- July 9, 2007 What appeared to be a British aircraft carrier was docked tonight at Pier 7 in Brooklyn, where Atlantic Avenue meets the water. I couldn't get particularly close because of a signicant NYPD presence (including an anti-terrorism van complete with a comlink disk), but the ship was flying a Union Jack at the front, sported an impressive array of communications gear at the top, and looked for all the world -- from street level, anyway -- to have a flight deck. Didn't catch any ship name or number,.http://www.danrosenbaum.com/over-the-edge/2007/07/british-aircraft-carrier-in-br.html Five Guys Comes to New York- July 3, 2007 People in and around mid-Atlantic states and Southeast. apparently know all about the Five Guys hamburger chain. But unlike the storied west coast In-n-Out restaurants that its fans fetishize, I've never picked up much buzz about Five Guys, though lord knows I've gone out of my way for an In-n-Out double-double. The chain just opened its second New York store, at 138 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights (there's apparently another in College Point, Queens -- who knew); it won't stay a secret up..http://www.danrosenbaum.com/over-the-edge/2007/07/five-guys-comes-to-new-york.html Google buys GrandCentral. Is this a good thing- July 3, 2007 When I was writing the FierceVoIP newsletter, I met the founders of GrandCentral. I'd been looking for a service like this for decades: a single phone number that could find me anywhere. That founders Vincent Paquet and Craig Walker are genuinely nice guys with a social conscience was icing on the cake. Rumors had been flying for about a week, but the companies announced today that Google bought GrandCentral. Congrats to Craig and Vincent; it's nice to see good work pay off. But why did...http://www.danrosenbaum.com/over-the-edge/2007/07/google-buys-grandcentral-is-th.html |