Matt Burns
@mjburnsy
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Lover of gadgets. Occasional woodworker. Former TechCrunch Managing Editor. And I live in Michigan. That's about it. DMs open.
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Personal news: I was laid off at TechCrunch today along with a handful of Ops, Biz and editorial folks. All the best.
TechCrunch has been my home since 2008. I grew up at TC. I traveled the world with TC. I became the fucking best at TechCrunch and it's their loss.
DMs open.
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TechCrunch laid off some amazing people today (I think I'm amazing). Please hire these people asap.
1. Managing editors
@etherington
and
@mjburnsy
(me)
3. Internet culture reporter
@morgan_sung
3. Climate reporter
@Harriblogs
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I was laid off from TechCrunch yesterday, and it's hitting hard. I spent my adult life building TechCrunch. I joined the gadget side run by
@johnbiggs
in 2008.
By the time Aol purchased TC in 2010, CrunchGear made up 1/3 of the site's traffic. John Biggs changed my life. He…
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Career day at kid's school. Son wore
#minecraft
ts as he wants to be a dev. Per teacher "that's not a real job" so he had to sit the day out
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It's been nearly two months since I was laid off from TechCrunch. A lot has happened! I connected with a lot of old friends, made new friends, had a lengthy hospital stay, and found some new projects.
I'm thrilled to announce one of the new projects: The Resilience Conference.…
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Stop building dumb social apps, Silicon Valley, and help rebuild America.
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@ajdomanico
@realDonaldTrump
Like those times you tweeted about a travel ban and then the courts used those exact tweets to show the ban is illegal.
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I can think of a lot more productive ways to spend $100k than to buy a prototype iPhone 6
http://t.co/q5gBmfws6O
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Apple’s car said to come with 16, 64 and 128 mile range. Get it! Get it! I’m done here.
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Ifixit Tears Down Apple Car, Gives It A 6 Out Of 10 Because The Windshield Isn’t User Replaceable
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With Xiaomi's latest rip-off of Apple with MIUI 6, I'll just put this right here:
http://t.co/UnwlhFIKvY
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It's a bit strange that this Apple leak was found just minutes after Google announced its latest and greatest....
http://t.co/XKGUUuKLqf
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@SecretaryZinke
@jaketapper
No, Secretary, unless you’re currently registered as an Boy Scout Adult leader, you’re a former scout. Words have meaning, sir.
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The fact that it took Apple so long to pull the leak pretty much says the goal was to steal Google's attention
http://t.co/XKGUUuKLqf
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TechCrunch is virtually in Pittsburgh today with a rad event featuring
@billpeduto
, CMU's Farnam Jahanian, and Duolingo's
@karintsai
. It's free! Join us here
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Because no "History of Tesla" story would be complete without a "Top Gear" video...
http://t.co/0D0TYGjjvv
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Panera bread, where they serve you a side of bread with your sandwich.
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@NeeshaTambe
What's next for me? I'm a Michiganian (not a Michigander), and I'm turning my attention to startups here. This state has the best people on the planet. We have capital and talent and must keep pushing towards an ecosystem that reinvests in itself.
Believe in people. Hugs.
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If Xiaomi is to expand outside of China, it must stop ripping off other products.
http://t.co/UIGPy9fP9z
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Who would have thought the Oculus Rift would hit Chuck E Cheese before Best Buy
http://t.co/r1cGXReoNv
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Belkin just sent over a statement explaining what's happening with its router outage.
http://t.co/XkoOTPa8sD
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.
@MIXhalo_
at
#TCDisrupt
changes everything. I'm in the front row of the conference and still using it because the sound is so much better.
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Hire Catherine only if you’re looking for a wonderful human and talented/dedicated/thorough writer.
Along with these amazing coworkers, I was also laid off after 12 years at
@TechCrunch
. I am looking for jobs I can do in Taipei, or remotely. I’m available for journalism and PR/comms work.
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At least this crash didn't come from Netflix announcing it was splitting in two again.
http://t.co/n5AovDavvm
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Want to pitch your startup on TechCrunch Live right now? We're still looking for a couple companies to pitch in 10 minutes. Jump in Hopin and talk to Michael.
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Hey startup world people.
@campless
just made the best introduction video since
@DollarShaveClub
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Hilarious that Artifact and Yahoo gave The Verge an embargo instead of TechCrunch, who is owned by Yahoo and featured Kevin and Artifact at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023.
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re: Shelby GT500 first drives. Was I the only one to get a drag time in the 10s?
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Dear Teacher, A Video Game Developer Is A Real Job And Should Be Celebrated
http://t.co/ylWNEC8DEI
Amazing support for this and my kids. tks
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Cleaned out the junk drawer and found the
@fitbit
@parkjames
released in 2008 at tc50. Still works.
http://t.co/vCrygUBl1l
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@techcrunch
laid me off last week, and since then, I've had the best week of my adult life. Here's why.
Check out my latest article: Why Michigan? via
@LinkedIn
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With stunning plugin hybrids announced from Lambo & Cadillac this week, Tesla needs a supercar too
http://t.co/5kmTc9D7ey
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I’m sitting here reflecting on Wednesday’s TechCrunch Live with
@Habi_co_
CEO and
@mbatny
of
@InspiredCap
. So much good stuff.
*how to manage uncertainty
*how Brynne built trust through transparency
*why Habi works better in LatAm than the US
*value of sharing vulnerability
1/
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@riteaid
your long receipts are bad and you should feel bad. This is from one item. Banana for scale.
http://t.co/Qer0Ltfxvp
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what if Zuck knows Facebook is bad and is driving it into the ground for the good of humanity?
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I assume since I haven’t ordered an apple watch, sometime in the next week or so my iPhone will stop working.
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The first Disrupt in 2010 was madness. Watching Carol Bartz saying fuck off to Michael Arrington was amazing. He deserved it in the moment. But that first Disrupt was wild. It was held in a vacated Chase Bank office building and was so hot we had to buy every box fan available.…
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Remember that time one of the most important VCs in Silicon Valley sat quietly while Arrington and Whisper founder argued?
#TCDisrupt
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Did you know the Nexus Player isn't the first Android TV product to be announced? 'Cause it's not.
http://t.co/zAKdylrZHE
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This is fantastic hardware startup. They seemingly do a lot of the right things: Constant customer feedback, a robust security suite, and serious enterprise offering. Loved talking to them. They're worth a look.
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Remember when CES was all about netbooks and we were like OMG NETBOOKS
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dear roomba please make a roomba for stairs because that's a job that robots should steal from humans for real
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I have a lot of stories and memories. I have to get these out of my head. My former TC colleagues know this well: I love sharing old photos. And I have so many old TechCrunch photos. So here we go; let's look back at TC from my perspective.
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Internet companies, please take my word when I say I've reset my modem and router. We don't need to do this dance every time.
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If you're flying over Michigan today and see something blinding on the ground, don't be alarmed, I'm just wearing shorts.
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in case Trump shuts down the southern border I want everyone to know I have three avocados I bought to eat in the mornings but everyone knows I’m not going to do that. anyway. $500 each.
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What are you doing around 3:00 EDT today because I’m hosting a really neat TechCrunch Live about how startups should handle uncertainty. It’s free and, I hope, fun. Register here.
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can we just skip tomorrow? maybe post some gifs and go to the bar?
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Ford is serving Evian water at a press event. I guess the recession is over.
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first 24 hour period without a fever in over 2 weeks. I'm back, baby.
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Wait so Amazon literally wants the key to your front door and ya'll are like GREAT IDEA GIANT COMPANY
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Free Taylor Swift headline: Taylor Swift And Spotify Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
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Shoutout to the man pushing and shoving his way to the front of the Delta Sky Priority boarding scrum. You’re a true American hero.
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Had
@EnergyCurb
installed today & love watching my energy drop after I yell at the kids to turn off the damn lights
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TechCrunch Live is now available as podcast! (it's still better to join live but sometimes you can't join live and I get that)
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what? there's a $3.95 convenience fee to pay my Michigan taxes online? Seriously
@onetoughnerd
? What is this? Ticketmaster?
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Can you imagine going into Best Buy, dropping over a thousand on a new PC tower and getting stuck with Windows? Gah.
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In an alternate reality Samsung Galaxy Gear watches are sold out until June.
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But without Internet Explorer how will the internet download Chrome?
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The TechCrunch Live podcast is back, and better than ever! Download our first 2023 episode right here.
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read this by devin coldewey
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there is no way tomorrow's internet will be better than today's internet.
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Someone sent me a TechCrunch cologne. I'm not sure what the message is here.
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