Comments on: Angel Funded In A Loo http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:43:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Ookles Blog » Ten things I can tell TechCrunch about Ookles http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43082 Ookles Blog » Ten things I can tell TechCrunch about Ookles Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:03:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43082 <p>[...] That funding got confirmed in Om Malik’s bathroom. [...]</p> [...] That funding got confirmed in Om Malik’s bathroom. [...]

]]> By: Ookles Blog » Meditating on the Om effect http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43075 Ookles Blog » Meditating on the Om effect Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:37:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43075 <p>[...] Check out the huge jump in visits to Ookles.com on Friday; Scott calls it the “Om effect.” Thanks again, Om! [...]</p> [...] Check out the huge jump in visits to Ookles.com on Friday; Scott calls it the “Om effect.” Thanks again, Om! [...]

]]> By: FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » Good to be home and WP 2.0 Stats Rock http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43073 FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » Good to be home and WP 2.0 Stats Rock Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:01:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43073 <p>[...] So that said I wanted to publicly thank Matt and the Wordpress.com team for the new Stats feature.  Now on January 19 Om Malik blogged about Ookles here.  So here is the scoop on the “Om Effect”: [...]</p> [...] So that said I wanted to publicly thank Matt and the WordPress.com team for the new Stats feature.  Now on January 19 Om Malik blogged about Ookles here.  So here is the scoop on the “Om Effect”: [...]

]]> By: Ookles Blog » Flushed with success http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43071 Ookles Blog » Flushed with success Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:53:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43071 <p>[...] Holy jumping blogmetrics! Om Malik’s blogpost “Scott Johnson just got funding in my bathroom” (and some funny comments at SiliconBeat and elsewhere) have set off a flood of traffic to Ookles.com. [...]</p> [...] Holy jumping blogmetrics! Om Malik’s blogpost “Scott Johnson just got funding in my bathroom” (and some funny comments at SiliconBeat and elsewhere) have set off a flood of traffic to Ookles.com. [...]

]]> By: mathewingram.com/work http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43068 mathewingram.com/work Sat, 21 Jan 2006 03:02:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43068 <p><strong>Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF</strong></p> <pre><code>Om Malik has a great Silicon Valley story about how Scott Johnson — ex of Feedster — closed an angel investment for his new company Ookles (top secret) while sitting in Om’s bathroom, as the blogger and his podcast partner Niall Ke... </code></pre> Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Om Malik has a great Silicon Valley story about how Scott Johnson — ex of Feedster  — closed an angel investment for his new company Ookles  (top secret) while sitting in Om’s bathroom, as the blogger and his podcast partner Niall Ke...
]]> By: Bob Aman http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43065 Bob Aman Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:01:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43065 <p>As I said on Sam Ruby's page (and I'm now even more certain of this), I don't buy the whole "embrace and extend" paranoia about Apple's photocasting situation.</p> <p>Hanlon’s Razor:</p> <p>Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.</p> <p>Certainly, there is some danger here, as I'm sure Dave realizes. But it's just an issue with not enough community interaction as a result of the quest for secrecy. Given enough pressure, I'm optimistic that future products have a good chance of having their RSS/Atom validated before they try to ship it. With any luck, the iPhoto/iTunes guys might confer with the Safari guys about how feeds are supposed to work, or (perhaps this is too much to hope) with, say Mark Pilgrim, under NDA.</p> As I said on Sam Ruby’s page (and I’m now even more certain of this), I don’t buy the whole “embrace and extend” paranoia about Apple’s photocasting situation.

Hanlon’s Razor:

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Certainly, there is some danger here, as I’m sure Dave realizes. But it’s just an issue with not enough community interaction as a result of the quest for secrecy. Given enough pressure, I’m optimistic that future products have a good chance of having their RSS/Atom validated before they try to ship it. With any luck, the iPhoto/iTunes guys might confer with the Safari guys about how feeds are supposed to work, or (perhaps this is too much to hope) with, say Mark Pilgrim, under NDA.

]]> By: Dave Raymond http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43062 Dave Raymond Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:39:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43062 <p>I used to work with Scott Johnson at a startup in Cambridge MA and I walked into the bathroom on more than one occasion to hear him talking on his phone while taking care of his other business, not surprised to hear him at it again!!</p> I used to work with Scott Johnson at a startup in Cambridge MA and I walked into the bathroom on more than one occasion to hear him talking on his phone while taking care of his other business, not surprised to hear him at it again!!

]]> By: Brian Oberkirch http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43059 Brian Oberkirch Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:07:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43059 <p>Your mention of a San Francisco brought a smile to my face. As I was recounting one of my recent trips, I was telling someone -- "What's it like to be there? You actually see Om Malik bebopping down the street."</p> Your mention of a San Francisco brought a smile to my face. As I was recounting one of my recent trips, I was telling someone — “What’s it like to be there? You actually see Om Malik bebopping down the street.”

]]> By: Dave McClure http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43056 Dave McClure Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:59:19 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43056 <p>"Ookles!" (oo'-kulz) (n.): (1) the sound made by an entrepreneur after relieving himself; (2) the exclamation made by the same entrepreneur upon closing a round of funding.</p> <p>congrats scott.</p> <p>om, nice... uh... "scoop".</p> “Ookles!” (oo’-kulz) (n.): (1) the sound made by an entrepreneur after relieving himself; (2) the exclamation made by the same entrepreneur upon closing a round of funding.

congrats scott.

om, nice… uh… “scoop”.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43053 Om Malik Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:39:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43053 <p>Sanjay,</p> <p>All I can say is you have battle scar, and wear it with pride. Hey you have done a company, i just write about the stuff. big difference.</p> Sanjay,

All I can say is you have battle scar, and wear it with pride. Hey you have done a company, i just write about the stuff. big difference.

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43051 Zoli Erdos Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:11:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43051 <p>Hm, perhaps <a href="http://www.ookles.com/" rel="nofollow">Ookles</a> should from now on be called Lookles :-)</p> Hm, perhaps Ookles should from now on be called Lookles :-)

]]> By: Mike Rundle http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43050 Mike Rundle Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:18:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43050 <p>That was a great post Om, it was certainly a San Francisco day as you called it. I'll have to head out there again at some point to chat; you'll be the first to know :)</p> That was a great post Om, it was certainly a San Francisco day as you called it. I’ll have to head out there again at some point to chat; you’ll be the first to know :)

]]> By: FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » Who Came http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43039 FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » Who Came Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:02:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43039 <p>[...] Be really happy when NO laptops come out or only 1 here and there. Ultimately this is a social event and face to face chat is the highest bandwidth interaction there is. Om said this well. [...]</p> [...] Be really happy when NO laptops come out or only 1 here and there. Ultimately this is a social event and face to face chat is the highest bandwidth interaction there is. Om said this well. [...]

]]> By: The Stalwart http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43036 The Stalwart Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:00:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43036 <p>Yes, Om, move to New York. We seem to be running low on interesting people. We could even do a Tech on Wall St. podcast!?</p> <p>Great post.</p> Yes, Om, move to New York. We seem to be running low on interesting people. We could even do a Tech on Wall St. podcast!?

Great post.

]]> By: Sanjay Dattatri http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43035 Sanjay Dattatri Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:40:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43035 <p>Always read your blog with interest. This last column suddenly made me sit up. You are 39 and you are into the thick of things. I am almost there (37) and all I have to show is one "failed" venture! Time to get off my a** and do something NOW. Thanks.</p> Always read your blog with interest. This last column suddenly made me sit up. You are 39 and you are into the thick of things. I am almost there (37) and all I have to show is one “failed” venture! Time to get off my a** and do something NOW. Thanks.

]]> By: Jeff Clavier http://gigaom.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43017 Jeff Clavier Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:45:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/19/san-francisco-day/#comment-43017 <p>My Palo Alto day was sa diverse and interesting, except of the 80 minutes I spent on 101 driving up to San Francisco. Though it gave me time to listening to your last podsession.</p> My Palo Alto day was sa diverse and interesting, except of the 80 minutes I spent on 101 driving up to San Francisco. Though it gave me time to listening to your last podsession.

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