Congrats to Mike Arrington. I noticed today that Techcrunch hit 100k subscribers. Mike has been obsessively profiling Web 2.0 companies and now has a worldwide following in the web 2.0 community.
Mike works his butt off and is expanding his brand everyday. Congrats to Mike on Techcrunch, Crunchnotes, CrunchGear, and TalkCrunch.
Mike and I started together in 2005 and it’s a pleasure to see him take his passion ‘veritcal’. Here is a great podcast with Mike (and the Web 2.0 workgroup) in Fall 2005 right before Techcrunch was ramping up. He talks candidly about the early positioning and motivation behind Techcrunch. It’s a good listen if you’d like to hear Mike’s early energy behind Techcrunch.
Congrasts Mike – Here’s the Podcasts.
Silicon Valley Technology Blog - John Furrier 
Hey thanks very much John.