http://jason-calacanis.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Jason Calacanis en Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:39:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7083 unknown@Netscape.com Sara Kehaulani Goo at the Washington Post writes an article about our own Corey Spring, Jason Calacanis, Sarah Gim, Wayne Welch, and Derek Van Vliet. Calacanis quips in the article: "[The Navigators] have a different skill set analogous to other jobs out there but perhaps most analogous to 'cool hunting.' It's almost like urban archeology." Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:39:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7083TechnologyJason Calacanissocial bookmarkingnavigatorsnetscapeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3097 unknown@Netscape.com He could be the new Ted Leonsis -- and more Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:57:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3097TechnologyaolnetscapeJason CalacanisTed LeonsisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1571 unknown@Netscape.com Many folks were shocked by the concept of paying top bookmarkers--gasp!--money for their hard work.However, over the past two weeks people are starting to understand that there is nothing wrong with volunteer firefighter becoming a paid fighterfighter, if that is what they want to do of course. Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:35:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1571Technologydiggnetscapesocial bookmarkersJason CalacanisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1316 unknown@Netscape.com You gotta love it: Kevin Rose says users shouldn't be paid even though 30% of the front page stories come from the top 10 users on DIGG. Congrats on the cover of BusinessWeek Kevin, but be careful counting those chickens before they hatch (from someone who's been there). Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:37:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1316Technologydiggkevin RoseJason CalacanisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/940 unknown@Netscape.com "My hope is that the first 10 Navigators do such an amazing job that we can extend our offer out to other members of the DIGG, NEWSVINE, and REDDIT top 10." Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:48:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/940TechnologyJason Calacanisnetscapenavigatorsnetscape navigatorssocial bookmarkingsocial newsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/858 unknown@Netscape.com Well, now that all the Navigators have been outed, I thought I'd share some of my opinions on why I chose to accept the Calacanis offer. Basically, it boils down to the fact that I think Netscape could use some improvement, and I think I can help out (and the money doesn't hurt, either) Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:13:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/858TechnologyJason CalacanisnavigatorsnetscapeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/834 unknown@Netscape.com Though sounding like something out of higher maths it's much simpler: a bet between two high-profile bloggers about whether in two years (or perhaps five) people will get paid for submitting content to sites like Digg and Flickr. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:57:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/834TechnologyRedditnetscapediggJason CalacanisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/807 unknown@Netscape.com Tom Taulli thinks AOL should give even more control to Jason Calacanis ... is video next? Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:38:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/807TechnologyJason Calacanisaoltom taulliVideotime warnerNews http://web2announcer.com/go/784 unknown@Netscape.com "Bottom line: the wikipedia is hard to use by design. If it is hard by design, isn't that against the core mission of wikipedia to allow everyone to edit?" Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:04:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/784TechnologywikipediawikimaniatechWYSIWYGJason CalacanisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/738 unknown@Netscape.com The Diggtrends website has just done some stats relating to Netscape owner's offer to buy out digg's top users. It'll be published tomorrow, but they gave me an advance look. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:49:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/738TechnologydiggJason CalacanisnetscapeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/726 unknown@Netscape.com Jason blogs Hacking Days: "It's 100 degrees here in Boston, and I spent the morning walking around MIT trying to find 'Wikimania: Hacking Days,' a small pre-conference of the Wikimania conference which starts on Friday." Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:11:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/726Technologywikimaniahacking dayshackingwikisJason CalacanisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/710 unknown@Netscape.com Today Netscape broke 20,000 stories submitted and 34,000 members (you can watch this at the tracker yourself here: http://www.netscape.com/tracker/ ). Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:59:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/710TechnologyJason CalacanisnetscapeCalacanisNews