The Ballad of Techcrunch

I wrote this poem here, but thought I might as well add it on my own blog. Although I have complained about TechCrunch's hype in the past (it's much, much better now), it still contains a wealth of valuable news items.

The Ballad of TechCrunch

There once was a blog called TechCrunch
Read at dinner, breakfast and lunch
By a guy named Mike
He’s a bit of a tyke
But it’s one of the best of the bunch

Its subject is Web two-point-oh
It’s difficult to tell, don’t you know?
Who will succeed, who will fail
It’s an interesting (long) tail
Will your business online really grow?

There’s some hype, and some reasonable news
If a mental filter, you use
Hey that was like Yoda
This verse’s nearly over
I’m getting the 2.0 blues

So what is this new Web “two”?
It’s caused quite a hullabaloo
RSS, blogs and wikis
Could make one feel sicky
But Ajax’ll make it brand new

Now you think I’d take all the credit
For this rhyme, as you have reddit
In the sprit of the age
Feel free to take the page
And give it a great big edit

Cos I hear that the masses are king
They can mash, mix and fix on a whim
Is it sticky, your wiki?
Is your flickr no sticker?
Get the users to tag everything!

Here’s a gratuitous plug for Crisscross
(It’s mine, and I am the boss)
Social network with favorites
goals, friends and some good bits
You probably don’t give a toss

But let’s get back to Mike at his blog
One year old! Phew, what a slog
Giving interesting peeks
To 59,000 geeks
He’s made it, he’s now the top dog

The entrepreneurs life is a bet
Working well after the sun has set
If your plan isn’t found
What’s that sound?
Your business plan went down the toilet

So PR is something you need
Or your cash will certainly bleed
Mike’s soooo your man
So send him your plan
It goes out on his RSS feed

Then VCs will call by the dozen
And your baby they’ll all be lovin’
If you keep it sweet
You’ll get a term sheet
Don’t spend it on a whole lot of nuthin’

So when will this end, you ask
Web 2.0, or this rhyme so vast?
It’ll all end in tears
And, for a few, cheers
And a listing, on the NASDAQ

So thank you for showing a sign
And inspiring this wee rhyme
What ends in “-unch”?
Hell yeah, Techcrunch!
Thank you Mike, for taking the time

Comments

[michael arrington]

what's a tyke? :-)

great poem!

[Mark]

"Tyke" is a cute word for a mischievious kid.

Glad you liked it. I was...inspired :)