May 17, 2006
Curmudgeonly crunching
TechCrunch is one of the more well-read blogs in technology today and its creator, Michael Arrington, is one of those lightening rod sorts of people who tends to inspire rather intense emotions ranging from respect and interest to varying degrees of dislike.
Personally I like the guy. He's opinionated, brazen and you never need to question where you stand with him. Granted, he sometimes opens his mouth and proceeds to shove his foot past his tonsils, but his heart's in the right place and he has some solid perspectives on technology, start-ups and other industry topics.
He was a panel moderator at the Innovate!Europe conference and we had a chance to sit down after he was done being his saucy self. As you might expect Mike had some pointed remarks about innovation in Europe; but we also talked at length about some of the rather nasty experiences he's been having in regards to some cowardly chumps who have been attacking him personally for no apparent reason other than they just don't like him.
Take a listen to these two episodes, and if you have a problem with them or my standing up for him, go ahead ... take a whack at me too.
Mike's thoughts on the European innovation ecosystem and its challenges.
Posted by Cathy Brooks at May 17, 2006 05:31 PM
