VeohTV, Powerset, Wikia and Friends

I have been delinquent in posting her for your guys and thought I would iterate a little bit at this late hour about what I have been doing these last few days. Over the last 6 months I have been very fortunate to have been associated with some of the most excellent people on the Interent and in the world. From Jimmy Wales, Barney Pell and Marty Wells to Dmitry Shapiro and Dr. Riza Berkan it has been a great pleasure to report and be involved in a small way with some of the most innovative and inspiring people and companies anywhere.

Luck of the Irish
I was initially lucky enough to be associated with Svetlana Gladkova the managing Editor of Profy from where we endeavored to approach and report on so many of these Web 2.0 startups. Subsequently a host of people all over the Web have either befriended me or become close associates. I am simply humbled by the experience and have no real way to mention every one of them or the fantastic accomplishments they have contributed to us all. I just thought the few super kind people who visit this small chunk of my time would like to know that I appreciate them.

Where Ya Been?
This week has taken me into the development of Powerlabs where Barney Pell's legion of super programmers are creating another Web 2.0 search marvel. My good friend Dmitry Shapiro of Veoh invited me to see a first hand look at perhaps the finest Web
TV innovation of the year in VeohTV. Today a wonderful lady named Sierra Lovelace who works with Jimmy asked if I would like to talk with Wikia CEO Gil Penchina. Their Webware 100 award winning development will be out on ReadWriteWeb tomorrow and their numbers and vision are quite fantastic. So, as you can tell I have been typing my little fingers off lately.

Thanks
This prestigious list of Web celebrities would not be complete without mentioning one of the nicest and most intelligent bloggers in the world. Richard Macmanus allowed me to write a few posts on his great blog R/WW and it looks like I may have the great pleasure of writing there about my favorite topic - startups. My genuine appreciation goes out to all these notable innovators and also to my friends at Me.dium who have been straightforward always and kind to a flaw. But the people who keep me smiling and help me make it through those days when the rest of the world seems to have forgotten the little author are people in the same boat with me: Mig, Mike, Jawad, Billy, MJama, Steve, DJ, Mick, Dekrazee, Robert S., Sheilah, Ellen, Sunshine, Alexia, Populist and sheeesh I am trying Dean, Tra and about 200 others are so vital to this thing we call the Internet. One day I hope all these wonderful people will have a spot like I find myself in sometimes.

I know Mushy Right?
Well, I would rather be talking about the top 10 percent than griping about Google's latest goof up or machination. If you visit in the next few days and I am not around please leave me a message. It there is something that concerns you, please tell me and I will hunt it down and kill it. I am off for now, but wanted to leave at least something for you great people.