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Mike’s mood improves when Paulo Coehlo arrives
Scobleizer — ... and broadcast it live from the World Economic Forum. Mike Arrington introduced him to me and he gave some good advice for new authors. More to come from Davos over the next four days. Why did Mike’s mood need improving? Well, yesterday in Germany someone came up to him and spit in his face and he wrote on TechCrunch that he’s taking some time off of blogging. ...

Michael Arrington is taking a break from TechCrunch
textually.org — ... . He writes that he's put up with a lot of abuse over the years - even death threats on himself and his family, but the last straw was being spat on in Munich yesterday. Read his post. ...

The dangers of social networking - Mr Calacanis’ very thoughtful post
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia — ... that I ve read to date. If you are at all interested in the future of this small chosm -which is what it is of course, very small in real terms we call the Web, then I strongly suggest you read it. I won t go on about it, but it s a sobering viewpoint that we should note as this nascent community starts to spill out into the real world in earnest. This and Michael Arrington ...

We Live in Public (and the end of empathy)
textually.org — ... on empathy and the Internet in a lenghty thouthful article, following Michael Arrington's post on taking a leave of absence - after being spat on in Munich - the last straw in a long line of abuse, including death threats. Not related to cell phones, but dgital communuities and abuse. A must read. ...