First Gestures At True/Slant, And A Messifesto

The first evidence of my participation at the True/Slant content news network:

I am going to be writing about the exploding New York technology scene and related topics in a new blog at True/Slant. I am not sure of the title, but I like the ‘greenhouse’ metaphor. I am looking for suggestions.

About the beat: I am obviously intrigued with the NYC tech scene. That’s why I left San Francisco for New York. The ingredients needed for deep innovation in technology have always been in place for NYC, except maybe smart investors, and in the last few years, Fred Wilson, John Borthwick, and a growing mob of really smart and innovative early stage investors have appeared on the New York scene. That seemes to have been the tipping point, and things are now coming together. But it has to be more than a few far-sighted investors, so I want to dig into the social underpinnnings of this milieu and relate the stories.

I will continue to write what I have been writing here, and what I write there should be complementary and not duplicative, although I might cross post once in a while.

And, no, it’s not true that I am working with them because there is a slash in the site’s name. Those are lies spread by my enemies.

Update on Monday, March 1, 2010 at 12:05PM by Stowe Boyd

Going with /hotbed, so no need to pass along your suggestions. (I kind of likes ‘boydnthehood’ from @scottrcrawford though.)