3-dot Weekend: Andy Lark goes to Dell; Nikkei on Media Valley; Nick Aster at Mother Jones; Blogging for dollars; The Conversation Group launches; I hate Quechup

Wow. Big news from Andy:

[from Andrew Lark: The Larks Are On The Move]

Well, it’s been an interesting week! I spent Monday - my first day as Dell’s new VP of Global Marketing & Communications, at the launch of a new family of storage products targeted at the SMB market.

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So what of Group Lark and my other interests. I don’t plan to miss a beat. The team at Group Lark will keep motoring along. And I’m as passionate as ever about my involvement with No.8 Ventures – New Zealand’s leading technology VC firm; my board position with Endace – perhaps New Zealand’s first crack at building our own Nokia; and my role in assisting with NZ start-ups and entrepreneurs through NZTE’s Beachhead program.

Some other questions I got over the past week. Will I stop or reduce my blogging? Never. In fact, I’m launching a new blog, The Daily Lark, next week with the help of the team at Marker. And, I look forward to participating in Dell’s blogging efforts. Are we moving to Austin? Yes, with great trepidation – we love Los Gatos.

I will miss you Andy, although I might see more of you in this role than the work you were doing with Log Logic.