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July 31, 2007

A Missed Connection at TechCrunch 9

Michael Arrington

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Anybody know who the guy in the blue shirt with blond hair is below (looking left, with glasses, back to camera)? Someone saw him at TechCrunch 9 and wants to meet him. See Scott Beale’s post and the related “missed connection” post on Craigslist.

hi! this is crazy. thought you’re cute. you’re the tall blond guy with your back to the camera, wearing glasses, 3rd or 4th person from the left, in picture number 11? on laughingsquid. wish i’d talked to you.

I’m seriously thinking that we need to launch some sort of dating site.

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  1. Uhhh..

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:03 pm

    That would look like me if I lost three inches, gained thirty pounds with a bit of a hunchback, and became a tool.

  2. Stan Oleynick

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:10 pm

    Mike, can I see the pic of the lady (hopefully) who thinks I’m cute before, telling her (or not) that it’s me? LOL :)

  3. lol

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    That looks like Michael Moore without cap.

  4. Brandon

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:34 pm

    Wow that guy looks exactly like me… like exactly… down to the hair, glasses, shirt color, and let’s see here… “natural” cheek blush…. um…

    email me \(0_@)/

    hex000000@gmail.com

    pic: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn/brandon.jpg

  5. Pizzed

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:37 pm

    I cant believe michael arrington. He will post some hot chicks inquiry about a mysterious guy, but he wont post anything about our startup that we keep on emailing him about.

    POINT LEARNED: Be a hot chick to get Michael Arrington to write about you!

  6. Jason Stephens

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:39 pm

    Demonstration of the slow demise of TechCrunch’s credibility…

  7. Andrew

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:41 pm

    TechConnections, find that special Web 2.0-loving someone.

  8. Faisal

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:41 pm

    Nice move Mike , really nice :)

  9. Jared

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    This is TechCRUNCH, not TechCrush!

  10. Mommie

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    That’s my son!! Stay away from him, you brazen hussy.

  11. Faisal

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:44 pm

    5- Pizzed

    Fix your site link before asking Techcrunch to write about you site!

  12. Colin Dowling

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:47 pm

    Glad to see that the matchmaking here extends past vc and startup. I imagine that the new CEO didn’t realize that she was signing up for this drivel.

  13. trade games GURU

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:48 pm

    11 - I’m just guessing…but that’s probably not meant to be a link to his site.

  14. WTF

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:56 pm

    Michael — guess you pretty much decided to spit in the face of all the commentators on your last ridiculous post about your TC party. Do you really need to include stuff like this? It’s insulting and it’s a waste of time. If people want gossip, they should visit perez hilton not TC.

  15. Marc

    July 31st, 2007 at 4:58 pm

    Why didn’t you have the guts to talk to him at the party Arrington?

  16. Alaska Miller

    July 31st, 2007 at 5:03 pm

    there were no girls at the party. it’s a dude asking about the dude. not that there’s nothing wrong with that.

  17. Shawn

    July 31st, 2007 at 5:10 pm

    Give Michael a break. It was a great party and he’s still drunk.

  18. Walker Hamilton

    July 31st, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    You people all need to lighten the fuck up.

  19. RBA

    July 31st, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    Amen to #17 :-)

  20. Dave

    July 31st, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    I hope this is a prelude to some further post, and not a tremendous waste of time for 535,998 people.

  21. Hef

    July 31st, 2007 at 5:41 pm

    from the looks of this picture, there were lots of chicks at the party!

  22. Lex

    July 31st, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    I agree with #5, #6, #9, #14, and #20. This wasted over 12 seconds of my time! I’m a very powerful and important man, and those 12 seconds have cost me more money than most TC readers will make all year! Now if you all will excuse me, I must get back to my business, which is also very powerful and important and makes a lot of money.

  23. Aziz

    July 31st, 2007 at 5:57 pm

    @ 22

    If you were making more money in 12 seconds that most TC readers make in a year, you dont need to read TC :-)

    Chill guys .. I would be rather excited to know whether this post actually had any impact on the two hooking up for a date … :-)

  24. Josh

    July 31st, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    Wow, some people really need to lighten up a bit. There’s room in this world and blog for a little fun and silliness from time to time.

  25. Ram

    July 31st, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Its his blog.

  26. blake

    July 31st, 2007 at 6:18 pm

    We’re on to you Arrington… we know that there really isn’t any ‘girl’ and that the story was cooked up to track this guy down for yourself.

  27. Have results

    July 31st, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    Have the answers to all your questions , will sell phone number for $100 bucks hurry or I’m going to Ebay

  28. It's my roomate...

    July 31st, 2007 at 6:46 pm

    …#$##%$’d told me he was going the Giants game!

  29. bdb

    July 31st, 2007 at 6:49 pm

    excuse my english, my alcohol tolerance is low

  30. lol

    July 31st, 2007 at 7:07 pm

    I like to sue mike for million dollar for invasion privacy and stalking blond man.

    Pssss…. hey everyone…. I think mike really really gay….

  31. Vijay

    July 31st, 2007 at 7:19 pm

    Hey Mike.

    Way to go. This is what I love about your site. Always personal and make me feel that I am not reading another slashhole.

  32. S

    July 31st, 2007 at 7:24 pm

    That craigslist post is cute. Girls can be so adorable.

  33. bicoastalite

    July 31st, 2007 at 7:32 pm

    fun post and nice diversion!! it made me click on the comments right away! i actually think “techcrush” would work in silicon valley…

  34. Adam

    July 31st, 2007 at 8:12 pm

    Is this the new Web 3.0 (Integrating the web with reality?)

    A party for a blog
    Photo from party posted on Blog
    Community site posting about Photo on Blog
    Original blog posts story mentioning community posting referring to the picture on the blog taken a the party for the original blog?

    Cute post MA..

  35. Lorenz

    July 31st, 2007 at 8:35 pm

    Yeah, seriously, some people have no life here. It’s called a sense of humor, and if you’re so busy building your next internet empire and doing mission critical market research on TechCrunch that you don’t have time for jokes, you probably don’t have a personality either.

    Lighten up. You might make some friends and your kids won’t hate you anymore. Not to mention that your wife might actually sleep with you.

  36. SorenG

    July 31st, 2007 at 8:48 pm

    This must be someone’s idea of a strange joke. It does not work. How does this relate to anything?

  37. Rob Abbott

    July 31st, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    I am pretty sure I know who that is.

    I’m contacting him to check…haha

    His girlfriend is going to love this one.

  38. Austin Storm

    July 31st, 2007 at 9:37 pm

    Ah, rats. When I saw this post I immediately went to the comments, hoping for a whole slew of “TechCrunch is totally going downhill.” But there are only a few! Where are the grumpy people who haven’t figured out how to use feedreaders yet?

  39. Eric Marcoullier

    July 31st, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    Grissy is the dude on the far left ith the shaved head. Doesn’t help, really, but I like geek spotting.

  40. double funny

    July 31st, 2007 at 10:24 pm

    The Craigslist message is from Julia Allison.

  41. B S meter

    July 31st, 2007 at 10:45 pm

    the quality of the posts in the lasts couple of days has been questionable…. you’re losing focus Michael

  42. Ronald Lewis

    July 31st, 2007 at 11:24 pm

    Dating web sites keep the cycle going. They don’t accomplish much.

  43. GC

    July 31st, 2007 at 11:56 pm

    It looks like a thin Scobel

  44. Ross

    August 1st, 2007 at 12:05 am

    Seriously people lighten up…….this guy might get laid!

  45. Potter Bailey

    August 1st, 2007 at 12:34 am

    All of you nitwits that comment about how a post is “wasting your time” are actually spending far more time on it than if you just skimmed past to the next item on the page. Jesus Christ.

  46. Michael Arrington

    August 1st, 2007 at 1:06 am

    Man,. TechCrunch is going seriously downhill recently.

  47. RBA

    August 1st, 2007 at 1:10 am

    #44, Scoble is not fat, he’s just merry :-)

  48. Pat

    August 1st, 2007 at 1:59 am

    loti @ post 47.

    (loti = laughing on the inside. It’s not really quite a lol but it’s worth a bit of a snicker all the same i guess)

  49. Laurent

    August 1st, 2007 at 2:18 am

    Michael,
    isn’t that you when you were drunk? I mean… he has glasses, but you can’t guarantee that you weren’t wearing any while being drunk ey?

  50. Potter

    August 1st, 2007 at 5:31 am

    LOL What kinda name is Potter? hahaha jesus christ.

  51. Joseph

    August 1st, 2007 at 7:05 am

    Hey the post is very gender inspecific. Given the number of guys present in the picture, I think it’s statisticaly more likely that the admirer is in fact a man.

    Way to go guy in a blue shirt!

  52. LonelyBloggers

    August 1st, 2007 at 8:15 am

    Michael you can buy my dating site for a case of beer…

  53. Chris Cardinal

    August 1st, 2007 at 9:26 am

    To all you haters:

    Let me call you the waaaahmbulance.

    This is a blog. Not a community-driven news site. Chill out, enjoy the color, and skip over it.

    “OMG Mr. Arrington IS FORCING ME TO READ STORIES I MAY OR MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN! I LACK THE FORTITUDE TO MAKE PERSONAL CHOICES!”

    Christ. Whiners.

  54. John

    August 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am

    A TechCrunch dating site - I think that would be predominately male….

  55. jose

    August 1st, 2007 at 9:33 am

    I can´t believe this article became popular. Michael, get some rest.

  56. Fabio

    August 1st, 2007 at 10:23 am

    Please keep us updated about the (hopefully happy) ending of this love 2.0 story!!

  57. Josh Fraser

    August 1st, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Missed connections happen all the time. I just did a blog post on what we are doing to change that.

    http://onlineaspect.com/2007/0.....hcrunch-9/

  58. Ateam

    August 1st, 2007 at 11:27 am

    We are launching a site focused on missed connections and reconnections and specific geography…this will be launched in Spetember- but this is huge market and our site is VERy cool and interact…

    check it out and try it out in beta..new UI coming soon
    http://www.cooshoo.com

  59. Julia Allison

    August 1st, 2007 at 11:41 am

    That was me, Julia … remember me from the video? I made the post on craigslist! This is the only guy that did not contact me, so I thought I would go after him!!!

  60. Hugo Boss

    August 1st, 2007 at 1:30 pm

    Only in Silicon Valley….when are you coming here to Hollywood to host next year’s event? I can’t just imagine the characters you would photograph…stickam.com is ran out the US Bank Tower(Tallest building in LA) while also running a sex web cam empire from the same office. We have a mayor banging a reporter, a cast of Hollywood characters, porn valley, and creative entrepreneurs!
    Only in the city of Angels!

  61. Chris

    August 2nd, 2007 at 4:46 am

    Can you say STALKER…. Run blue shirt man… run

  62. Sebhelyesfarku

    August 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 am

    Fuckin’ faggots.

  63. Fabio

    August 2nd, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    @ Julia Allison

    I didn’t contact you either… chase me please!!! : )

  64. india travel buff

    August 9th, 2007 at 4:50 am

    nice!

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