Moving in to the TechCrunch Ranch permanently
[Update: This is an April Fool's Joke - and yes some people fell for it. I'm still in NZ :-)] I can't take the isolation of running a successful web tech blog from New
Zealand any longer. As of today, I'm writing my blog exclusively from Mike
Arrington's ranch house in Atherton. I flew in yesterday (hence the 3-4 day lack
of posting) and I will be based in Atherton from now on... or at least till the Web 2.0 bubble bursts. So yay, I can now proudly proclaim that Read/WriteWeb is 100% American! OK, I have to
admit that the US Immigration Dept has no knowledge of this. Basically I'm
an alien, so please nobody tell on me.
Needless to say, Mike is pleased to have me around - to do the dishes, cook
every second night and write the occasional post for TechCrunch. Meanwhile the advantages
for me are obvious: I can eavesdrop on all the 'scoop' calls Mike gets and
hurriedly post them onto Read/WriteWeb before Mike gets off the phone; I can
attend all the TechCrunch parties; I can meet Bill Gates and Jim Clark of
Netscape fame (who I hear lives in Atherton and so must
be next on the list, surely); and I can finally start developing my Web 2.0 product idea
Great American Novel VC fund blog into a professional publication.
So please join me as a new era of Read/WriteWeb begins! Now I'm no longer just writing as if I'm from Silicon Valley, I'm actually living the American Dream (while mooching off Mike Arrington and avoiding the US Immigration Dept).
Note: as a consequence of this move, I have sold Read/WriteWeb to Mike for $1 and promised to link to TechCrunch in every post. So he now pretty much owns me. Oh well, it's a small price to pay.
Photo: Mike Arrington
UPDATE: yes, this is a (possibly lame) April Fool's joke.
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So you've gone full circle!
Nicely done, Richard! Congrats, and good luck!
I'll be seeing you soon. No, really ;-)
I just wanted to say I feel cheated.
No, really. No, for real now. Cheated.
Thanks Fred. I just want to say: if I can do it, then anyone can. Go for your dreams, make it happen!
heh. I knew I'd own you some day, Richard MacManus.
Good one.
It's Mike Arrington's world... we're only just renting.
Does this mean I can move to New Zealand and have a free house?
Why would you want to live in New Zealand, Monty? It's full of hobbits and orcs.
On a more serious tip, I've known quite a few people who've gone to NZ recently to get away from the US. Different strokes for different folks.. :)
If it is being colonised by Americans, I don't think I want to move to NZ.
Yes that's true, I get regular emails from Americans wanting to move to NZ...
Not too many Americans here yet, although I do note an increasing proportion of British accents...
What the . . . ?
El Papa
Richard, its a shame you're no longer in NZ we used to be able to say that one of the biggest web 2.0 bloggers is based here in NZ, and why the hell not, its a great base for a web business lifestyle!
good luck mixing it up with techcrunch, dont let the US dazzle ya too much,
eediot, i see the update now, richards still in nz and all is cool : )