Still Light Posting - Truemors and more in the pipeline

Hey hey. Still posting light. My grandfather passed away late last night - sad, but a welcome release for him - and a chance to celebrate a long life well-lived.

Looking forward to getting back to regular posts; after TechCrunch started posting Truemors screenshots, I was sorely tempted to blow the embargo myself, but managed to restrain myself. I’ll have a full report on May 16th for those interested in Guy Kawasaki’s latest venture. I’ve been in the site and played around with it, and while I don’t think the 2.0 web elite will be drawn to it, that’s not the site’s primary audience anyway.

To TechCrunch: I still think this is lame:

We’ve now gotten into the private beta via some “borrowed” credentials and have had a look around for ourselves. The site, which is built on the Wordpress platform, is a category-based rumor site where anyone can phone, text or email in a rumor.

…and this is not an excuse:

# Michael Arrington
May 8th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
I just want to be clear on a point: I was not part of the private beta. if I was I certainly would have complied with any request not to post before a certain time. I also want to point out that I did not post the credentials that I received for the site. I also took other steps to protect the company that I won’t discuss here.

I suppose I’m annoyed at being scooped (per se), but as a q-lister I’m used to that anyway. I suppose it bugs me because its a disrespectful disregard for someone’s respectful request. Oh well - TC has star power, so post away.

Rock & roll,
-R

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