BBS 2006: From Weblogs, Inc. to Netscape (Jason Calacanis)

9:00 am --  From Weblogs, Inc. to Netscape: Maintaining Authenticity and Integrity Within Commercial Social Media

Speaker: Jason Calacanis

notes: (the quotes below from Jason Calacanis is my attempt to capture his awesome fast talk. any errors are mine.)

-- blogs = authenticity

-- see Justin Hall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hall
"is an American freelance journalist who is best known as a pioneer blogger (internet-based diarist), and for writing reviews from game conferences such as E3 and the Tokyo Game Show."

-- Jason Calacanis sharing his uber-challenging experience in entrepreneurship
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Calacanis

-- "the control model is not actually good for people"

-- "if you really want to get to know yourself, lay off 7 or 8 people a week."

-- "in 2003 when you talk about making business out of blogs then you're the Anti-Christ."

-- Nick Denton vs. Jason Calacanis = very interesting business competition anecdotes :)

my take: i've always liked Jason better than Nick. but i'll let Googlefight decide on that!
3-2-1 Fight! Nick Denton vs. Jason Calacanis

-- Jason goes to Burning man

-- "the second you edit bloggers, it's over."

-- "whenever something great is made the marketers come in."

-- how to become an A-list blogger: go to techmeme blog about the top story link to some people and attend some conference (sarcasm).

-- "the blogosphere is not broken... how well you do is up to you."

-- write intelligent comments on other people's blogs

-- "the whole premise of the blogosphere is trust and integrity."

-- "there is no A-list (blogger)"

-- "this podcasting thing is gonna be big."

-- Calacanis Cast on PodTech
see: http://tech.netscape.com/story/2006/10/04/calacanis-cast

-- "i hate politics."

-- media philanthropy

-- "i was fabulously wrong about YouTube"

-- audio and video should go hand in hand. use them for what's appropriate.

-- transparency is uber-important!

-- "the blog post is sacred."

my take: Jason is a compassionate and passionate kosmicblogger who's big on blogging ethics and interiority. to him, blogging is not just a tool. i agree. more on this later.

blog sites of interest:

http://www.weblogsinc.com/

see more notes from BBS posted by Teresa Valdez Klein.

see also Janet Lee Johnson's post, Jason's Evil Parts of Blogging and Teresa's post, Why I Disagree with Jason Calacanis About Blogger Junkets and Pay Per Post.

see also Jason Calacanis's take on his Keynote.