Mixed Martial Arts on LOUD3R
It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Sunshine. Napping dog.FIGHT3R - Mixed Martial Arts
Lowell: May 2008 Archives
FIGHT3R - Mixed Martial Arts
Billy is a Rock Star
More speed. Cool new features. Billy has been in the ZONE today.So here's where we diverge. The competitive publishing space online can be split into two primary approaches to the market.
1. On one side you have companies that are lovingly constructing an individual site about a single topic. In some case they extend to a small network of 3-4 sites about closely related topics. Achieving significant scale is extremely difficult with this model. The people and technology costs limit the economically viable niches.
2. On the other side you have companies that try to create a one-size-fits-all destination. The resulting product is the online equivalent to the Saturday Evening Post.
LOUD3R represents a completely different take on how to publish online. Our focus has been to create a system for launching niche publications at significantly different scale than example 1 and with considerably greater quality and focus than example 2. LOUD3R is the future of online publishing.
Check out the newest sites in the network.
WATCH3R - TV
ROADST3R - Cars
Breakfast Snack
Start your day with a delicious taste of LOUD3R. We just launched our first site of the day, DAPP3R.DAPP3R - Men's Fashion
We have an exciting day planned with at least two more sites scheduled to launch before dinner. Tonight's menu? Tacos at Loteria Grill around 730pm.
Like Rabbits
The LOUD3R network is growing. We've launched four more since the last announcement.WOOF3R - Dogs
GRIND3R - Skateboarding
NEW3R - Gadgets
GLACI3R - Environment
More coming tonight.
Bay Area Schedule
Countdown to Under the Radar.Monday
- Earlyish flight to SFO
- Snacks
- Setup
- More snacks
- Dinner at Zibbibo
Tuesday
- Nervous pacing
- Makeup and hair
- Pre-talk drink
- Presentation
- Applause
- Dinner
Wednesday
- Meetings aplenty
- Flight to LAX
Hope to see you there.
Cricket, Golf and VC
New sites for 5/22• CRICKET3R - Cricket
• PUTT3R - Golf
• FOUND3R - Venture Capital
Duck Alignment
This week and next week we are busy preparing for UTR and the June 3 launch of the LOUD3R network. Yesterday I did our first run through of the talk with Shay Nowick on the phone. Her feedback was pointed and very helpful. She pitches LOUD3R better than I do. Back to the drawing board.On the Road
I am off to San Francisco this morning. Item 1 is meeting with the Stage Two guys. We are prepping for Under the Radar on June 3. LOUD3R will be presenting.Later in the day I will be giving a talk at AOL. It's the first time for this particular talk. It's still a work in progress. The brief from AOL was to talk about my experience getting things done in a large organization. Here's my basic outline.
- How to run a brothel in a war zone.
- Doctors Without Borders
- Zero Sum: The Economics of Media
More Semi-Secret Sites
Adrianne and Jennifer have done a fantastic job with the new look and feel. Last night we started merging the new look and feel with the dev code. Things went pretty smoothly. There are still a number of type tweaks required.Private Betas
http://www.rac3r.com - Formula 1
http://www.decant3r.com - Wine
More coming tomorrow.
Secret
The LOUD3R team is hard at work on a big splash June 3 launch of a gaggle of new sites, a fresh new design, personalization and hot topics. We are building the sites in almost plain view. A couple of the sites are accessible as private betas right now. The graphics are incomplete, but you can start checking out the new aggregation engine at work.Formula 1 - http://www.rac3r.com
Fashion - http://www.glitt3r.com/
Sneakers - http://www.sneak3r.com