Comments on: Twitter Rants About A Good Name http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/twitter-rants-about-a-good-name Keeping an eye on Dave Winer Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bullshit Mancuso http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/twitter-rants-about-a-good-name/comment-page-1#comment-615 Bullshit Mancuso Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:07:11 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/twitter-rants-about-a-good-name#comment-615 <p><i>Dave has spent a signifcant amount of time at conference trying NOT to let his frustration with “fools” and “pitch men” get the better of him.</i></p> <p>You're being far too kind. Winer isn't getting the VC and media love that Jason Calacanis is pulling, and it got to him.</p> <p>My money's on Mahollow Man too. Winer's got nothing at stake but his own bloated ego. Calacanis has a long career ahead and a pile of VC money to burn.</p> Dave has spent a signifcant amount of time at conference trying NOT to let his frustration with “fools” and “pitch men” get the better of him.

You’re being far too kind. Winer isn’t getting the VC and media love that Jason Calacanis is pulling, and it got to him.

My money’s on Mahollow Man too. Winer’s got nothing at stake but his own bloated ego. Calacanis has a long career ahead and a pile of VC money to burn.

]]> By: McD http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/twitter-rants-about-a-good-name/comment-page-1#comment-612 McD Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:22:46 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/twitter-rants-about-a-good-name#comment-612 <p>Tom: calacanis re-started the meme that Dave "Winered" him. Dave has spent a signifcant amount of time at conference trying NOT to let his frustration with "fools" and "pitch men" get the better of him.</p> <p>Jason made the case that he was "Winered" from the audience and then shared that message with a "Wired" (magazine reported who also added old details about Dave being blocked from an O'Reilly conference 5 year ago.</p> <p>So, from Dave's point of view Calacanis trashed him and created a slew of blog discussion about what a jerk Dave can be in a public forum. If you listen to the audio of Jason's presentation of the GnomeDex pitch you'll hear that Dave's doesn't even slow Jason down for a second in his non-stop Mahalo pitch.</p> <p>What many readers here know is that Dave (once hurt) can't forgive or forget. Calacanis will find out being "Winered" is not a moment... it's a era.</p> <p>Calcanis did what he has always done when offended: go into PR mode with negative PR. This grudge will be a classic match of wills. My money is on Calacanis: he's got more sociopath in him. He's s a serial meglomaniac, IMHO. I like a good meglomaniac. They entertain at least with the unbridled limits of their self-love.</p> Tom: calacanis re-started the meme that Dave “Winered” him. Dave has spent a signifcant amount of time at conference trying NOT to let his frustration with “fools” and “pitch men” get the better of him.

Jason made the case that he was “Winered” from the audience and then shared that message with a “Wired” (magazine reported who also added old details about Dave being blocked from an O’Reilly conference 5 year ago.

So, from Dave’s point of view Calacanis trashed him and created a slew of blog discussion about what a jerk Dave can be in a public forum. If you listen to the audio of Jason’s presentation of the GnomeDex pitch you’ll hear that Dave’s doesn’t even slow Jason down for a second in his non-stop Mahalo pitch.

What many readers here know is that Dave (once hurt) can’t forgive or forget. Calacanis will find out being “Winered” is not a moment… it’s a era.

Calcanis did what he has always done when offended: go into PR mode with negative PR. This grudge will be a classic match of wills. My money is on Calacanis: he’s got more sociopath in him. He’s s a serial meglomaniac, IMHO. I like a good meglomaniac. They entertain at least with the unbridled limits of their self-love.

]]> By: Tom http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/twitter-rants-about-a-good-name/comment-page-1#comment-609 Tom Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:48:19 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2007/twitter-rants-about-a-good-name#comment-609 <p>As far as Eric Rice, I think Winer just hooked on him as the focal point for “people who don’t agree with me completely”. At least, that’s what his barely coherent comments on this post seems to suggest: http://www.ericrice.com/blog/2007/08/12/ego-overtaking-ego-or-from-history-we-see-the-present/</p> <p>But my bigger question is, when exactly was “when Calacanis was running his campaign on [Dave], trashing [Dave’s] good name”? All I remember Calacanis doing was saying that he didn’t like Dave’s interruptions and didn’t like Dave verbally beating on him over the same issues afterwards. Dave has confirmed Calacanis’ facts as far as what happened (though he clearly thinks he’s in the right for having done what he did).</p> <p>So when did Calacanis try to trash Dave’s “good” name? I’m honestly not being sarcastic, I don’t see how he could interpret what Calacanis did as trashing him.</p> As far as Eric Rice, I think Winer just hooked on him as the focal point for “people who don’t agree with me completely”. At least, that’s what his barely coherent comments on this post seems to suggest: http://www.ericrice.com/blog/2007/08/12/ego-overtaking-ego-or-from-history-we-see-the-present/

But my bigger question is, when exactly was “when Calacanis was running his campaign on [Dave], trashing [Dave’s] good name”? All I remember Calacanis doing was saying that he didn’t like Dave’s interruptions and didn’t like Dave verbally beating on him over the same issues afterwards. Dave has confirmed Calacanis’ facts as far as what happened (though he clearly thinks he’s in the right for having done what he did).

So when did Calacanis try to trash Dave’s “good” name? I’m honestly not being sarcastic, I don’t see how he could interpret what Calacanis did as trashing him.

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