It was only last week that Michael Arrington announced that I would be joining TechCrunch as co-editor. For those of you who don’t know me, I am a technology journalist hailing from the recently-shuttered Business 2.0 magazine, and before that, Fortune. I’ve been blogging part-time for the past few years at B2.0, writing the Next Net blog. One thing I’ve learned is that to do this seriously, you cannot do it part-time. So I am eager to dive in.
Today is my first official day on the job, although I’ve already dabbled with a few posts just to get up to speed on how things work around here. (I still have a lot to learn, so please bear with me). Yesterday I trounced up and down Manhattan with my new TechCrunch Network colleagues John Biggs and Peter Ha, the brains behind CrunchGear, looking for some New York City digs. (I will spare you the grim details, but if anyone has any leads on a NYC office sublet for four people, please send me a note to erick at techcrunch). So I am getting a taste of startup life. Today will be my first full day blogging. As I begin covering the world of Web 2.0 here at TechCrunch, I look forward to meeting many of you in comments.
Hello, Erick
Eagerly looking forward to read you posts.
Regards
Ouch, typo on the first comment! dang!
I mean “Eagerly looking forward to read your posts.”
Best of luck. I loved you in Business 2.0.
Erick,
Glad to have a B2.0 writer contributing to make an already great blog better.
Looking forward to reading your articles.
Best,
Ted
http://www.intermz.com :: Learn Anything Using What You Already Know
Erick-
I look forward to reading your coverage. Best of luck!
Brett
Erick,
All the best and may be we will some times in New York
welcome –
look forward to read your posts
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Welcome to TechCrunch! This is one of my favorite blogs to stay updated and with your addition I am sure this will bring even more information along my way.
Erick – This makes me very happy. Glad to see you’ve landed at TC. From my favorite (ex) magazine to my favorite blog. I’ll be reading. Good luck!
Welcome aboard Erick. Good to see someone like you with your kinda experience out here. Hoping to read interesting posts from you in the coming days.
Looking forward to read your articles Erick, welcome!
welcome erick – be like ray charles…
and make it do what it do, yeah
Erick,
Welcome. Big fan of Business 2.0 for many years and hoping you bring that spirit to TC. Cheers!
it’s great to see techcrunch get bigger and better!
I have emailed you and Josh a few times, good to see we can comment directly on your great writing. This is a great place for you, and for us. Win-Win.
Congrats and Good Luck! The demise of Business 2.0 is a real travesty. I had been a subscriber for years.
Then it was just yesterday that i got the LAST issue in my mailbox – and to add further insult to injury B2 is only offering its subscribers one issue of Fortune for every 2 issues they had left of B2!
Needless to say i canceled my subscription.
But that won’t happen with TechCrunch!
It is very sad that B2.0 is gone. The magazine was a bible for me for nearly 5 years. It was the main source for me to see the next logical step in the market. Something to look forward to every month. I thank you for your work. And also Arrington’s.
I was hoping TechCrunch an Business 2.0 would get together. An evolve to be the Barron’s for the tech entrepreneurs.
Looking forward to your post.
Best Regards.
Ben H
It really sucks to hear about B2.0 shutting down (http://www.foli...025&prmID=1) – that was the ONLY printed magazine I looked forward to getting in the mail to read every month. So many good writers, stories, and resources. Now I’ll have to find something else to read while I’m on the John.
Glad to hear you’re part of the TC team though – what better place to make the move to?!!
Oh… and btw, why not start a Techcrunch magazine to fill the need left by the disappearance of Business 2.0 magazine? I am (was) a subscriber and would love to see another web, tech related magazine. Even with the proliferation of tech related blogs, there is still a need for a more traditional medium in this area.
Welcome Erick. I am a big of yours:) I can’t wait to read your post.
Erick,
As a fellow NY’er, we are happy to have you aboard. I look forward to your insights.
Welcome, Erick!
Congratulations & all the best, Erick — looking forward to more great postings!
Welcome. Maybe now Techcrunch will refrain from being Mike’s soap box from extracting revenge on folks that don’t kiss his ass or from giving exposure to really dumb and dangerous ideas like Justin TV’s police/EMT raid farce!
For god’s sake this is NOT Nike’s personal blog anymore! I hope you have a big stick!
I highly recommmend TechSpace (http://www.techspace.com). They are in Boston, Orange County, and NY (2 in NY). We’re a tenant at their Boston location and we love them. Definitely take a peek.
Hey welcome to Mike’s World. Was very choked at B 2.0 my favorite read, but good to see you bring your quality writing here instead….best of luck.
T
congrats Erik !
Welcome Home Erick, hope you won’t be as stubborn as Mike or as childish as Duncan
Hi Erick, we look forward to reading your articles! I can already see that you’re a talented writer. I hope you will reinforce the importance of getting quotes from both sides, especially for controversial stories.
TechCrunch has a habit of being really biased — that’s not necessarily a bad thing; it shows that TC has a distinct voice (and it’s Michael Arrington’s) — but when I read TC posts that are unbalanced, I get frustrated.
Have fun!
Geez James, freaking chill out. If you bothered watching or ever watch JustinTV then you need a life. Some posts are going to suck, that’s the way things are. Not everything you do in life will be great, that goes for everyone.
Erick, welcome to TechCrunch. It’s great to have you here. I’m glad you didn’t stay with Forbes b/c that definitely sucks most of the time.
Great to see a new writer at Techcrunch. Your reputation makes me look forward to the coming posts.
I would really like to see a few more in-depth posts once in a while as well. The market analysis posts could be more frequent and better at this blog.
Erick,
Welcome to TC. I’m sure many of my co-readers are looking forward to your insightful posts.
Hi Erick! Welcome to the team! Just an FYI – we all make our Starbucks run around 3 PM…and the new guy has to buy!
Again, welcome!
John
welcome to TC. As a big fan of Business2 mag, I look forward to your posts!
Hey there,
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I love TechCrunch!!!!
Hi Erick,
I will echo several comments already posted– best of luck with your work at TechCrunch and congratulations on joining such an awesome team. I am a loyal Business 2.0 and TechCrunch reader and look forward to following your feed.
Much continued success,
Amanda Mooney
Looking forward to your posts, and welcome!
Techcrunch is fab…incartx
Welcome Erick, congratulations for joining TC, I hope to read your articles soon!
welcome! i loved business 2.0 and hope that you can bring a touch of that journalistic integrity to techcrunch…oh, and would you please shy away from the endless list of drupal and pligg installations running as startups?
Erick,
Was happy to hear last week that you were landing at Tech Crunch. Will miss the Next.net but think you will bring a level of business / technology reporting to TechCrunch that they haven’t had before. I look forward to seeing your work with Michael and I’m glad this blog is finally getting some East Coast flavor.
Best,
Kyle
Welcome! On behalf of all the readers, we hate your posts and opinions already.
I’m looking forward to you bringing a sense of professionalism back (?) to TC. Welcome.
its about time TC gets some new talent, ole michael was getting a little stale (just kidding) i have been reading both TC and B 2.0 for quite some time and it will be real interesting to see where this goes now that you are on board here.
This is a big score for TechCrunch! Hopefully you guys can resurrect the spirit of Business 2.0. I look forward to reading Techcrunch now that you are on board! Welcome to New York! Welcome to TC
loved Business 2.0 – only other mag I subscribe to is Fortune.
welcome to TC, look forward to reading your work.
Erick,
Welcome. Looking forward to your posts.
Welcome and congratulations Erick, I look forward to your work.
Welcome Erick,
I loved my B2.0 magazines, so bummed they’re no more.
Hey Erick. Glad you are joining the TC team. I’ve reached out to the people I know in NYC who might have space and will let you know if I find anything. Good luck in the new position.
Cheers,
Ryan Allis
iContact
Hi Erick,
Looking forward to reading your materials. Hope you can catch up via the email I wrote you last week.
~Eric