Andrew Versus The Blogosphere
ValleyWag has posted a YouTube of Andrew Baron explaining the Rocketboom situation to a conference audience. After watching all twenty-seven minutes, I had a couple of thoughts that I wanted to put into a comment, but the fellow is having enough problems and he's less likely to see my words over here, so I'm hoping you'll indulge me and possibly weigh-in with your thoughts.
- I feel a little for the audience because at least I have a pause button and can get up from my desk.
- I've never met the dude, but I can see why some of his friends have been hinting at how offbase, the rumors of a failed romantic relationship between him and Ms Congdon have been from the truth.
- He says that though he was acting as the business side, it isn't what he wanted to do or where his interests lie. Amanda was supposed to be the talent; He was supposed to be the creative and they've been looking for a businessperson. Clearly this has been the case and a later statement might illustrate one of the shortcomings with a lot of computer people in general.
Toward the end of the video, he says that he's been putting his focus and all of his energy into getting a show done today (Monday). And, he won't be cashing-in on what promises to be a huge influx of traffic because he wouldn't want anyone to think of him as the evil businessperson. Considering that a large part of the recent problems have been monetary in nature and the continued popularity of his service is in doubt; Was this really the wisest decision?