Michael Arrington: Spit or Get Off the Pot

by on January 29, 2009

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Episode 49 of the GeekCast show gets into the announcement by Michael Arrington that he will be taking a leave of absence from TechCrunch after being spat upon in Davos Munich.

Also, we got into Gmail offline, smart phones, headaches with the FeedBurner migration, a lame social marketing reputation company, and Demi Moore on Twitter.

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{ 11 comments }

Jake January 31, 2009 at 7:30 pm

Oh my God! The issue extended to Hooligans now! it has been stretched enough! The Hooligans have the most rough behaviors of all!

Zico January 31, 2009 at 6:21 pm

This is not a matter that should be taken this seriously. Ignoring facts like this is the best idea, according to me.

Peter January 31, 2009 at 4:58 pm

More like the English Hooligans. I have seen way worse behavior by football supporters outside the UK, but it seems that the British Hooligans have made their mark permanent at the top!

Josef January 31, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Davos seems to have evolved into a place where people feel important! nod bad, eh?

Michael Damon January 31, 2009 at 12:27 pm

This is really a matter of disgrace, for the place it happens in. For one singlle person, the reputaion of a whole city may go down. Sad.

britalian January 29, 2009 at 3:18 pm

I'm not overly sure what these tech celebrities are gaining or giving by being at Davos. With the likes of Robert Scoble sticking his phone in people's faces and shouting "you're live on the internet" I don't think they offer anything apart from even more desparate self-promotion. "I must be important, I am in Davos".

britalian January 29, 2009 at 3:02 pm

or even that behaviouR

britalian January 29, 2009 at 3:01 pm

I think Arrington was spat at in Munich, Not Davos. You would never get that behavious in Switzerland!

Shawn Collins January 29, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Thanks – I saw it mentioned as having taken place in Davos at http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/arc…

That kind of power engenders a lot of hatred, and that's what finally put Arrington over the edge. As he explains in his post, someone spat on his face at the DLD Conference in Davos. After years of being insulted, threatened and betrayed by people he thought were his friends, it was the last straw.

But now I see Munich in some articles, too.

Shawn Collins January 29, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Thanks – I saw it mentioned as having taken place in Davos at http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/arc…

"That kind of power engenders a lot of hatred, and that's what finally put Arrington over the edge. As he explains in his post, someone spat on his face at the DLD Conference in Davos. After years of being insulted, threatened and betrayed by people he thought were his friends, it was the last straw."

But now I see Munich in some articles, too.

Shawn Collins January 29, 2009 at 3:10 pm

Thanks – I saw it mentioned as having taken place in Davos at http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/thebigblog/arc…

"That kind of power engenders a lot of hatred, and that's what finally put Arrington over the edge. As he explains in his post, someone spat on his face at the DLD Conference in Davos. After years of being insulted, threatened and betrayed by people he thought were his friends, it was the last straw."

But now I see it is Munich (in his post) – thanks.

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