Tag: michael arrington

The TechCrunch CrunchPad Is The Future of Fabrication

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A fair amount of buzz today over Michael Arrington’s posting of details of his Tablet Computing prototype over on TechCrunch. Arrington is looking to make a slate-style touch screen device, running at 1024×768, and booting directly to a Webkit based browser. It looks ungainly now – although I think the Duplo based stand (*) in the demo video should be included in the retail pack – but his target of $300 retail price is ambitious and places it in the impulse buy in many tech stores. I’m not going to go down the route of many blogs that are trying

How To Get Traffic At Christmas

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One of the tough times for any website is how to keep the traffic levels (and ergo the advertising income) at a high enough level during the festive season. All About Symbian generally slows down, partly because Steve, Rafe and myself have little to write about, but also because the normal mobile phone watchers are off on holiday and aren’t browsing. There is another way to get through the two main lulls – firstly the lead up to Christmas, and the second in the gap between Christmas and New Year. Controversy, or at least some thoughts that will lead to

Perhaps Nobody Voted for Michael Arrington in The Time 100 Poll

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Something little cheeky for Friday afternoon methinks. First of all, in all seriousness, congratulations to Michael Arrington for being in The Time 100 most Influential People list, admittedly as number 100 out of 100 (but do see here). Irrespective of your views of the TechCrunch empire, the fact that the web is seen as a key influencer, the cheesy mantra of one man can make a difference is true, and that print media has recognised this should be celebrated. If the point man is to be Arrington, then let’s run with that and continue to drive forward as a team.