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The Naked Truth Party

July 24, 2007 | mark | Startups, Tech News

I just got back from the Naked Truth panel and party in Seattle. It was loads of fun. I met John Cook for the first time in the flesh – he’s interviewed me about 3 times and we’ve never actually met. Also met Michael Arrington briefly.

The panel was so-so. I think the general consensus is that we didn’t learn a hell of a lot that’s new, but it made a great excuse for the party afterward. There was some playful banter on the panel between Seattle PI (John Cook) and the Seattle Times (Tricia Duryee) that turned into a bit of a circulation comparison.

Michael Arrington was hilarious on the panel openly poking fun at the WSJ and Fred Vogelstein from Wired. I’ve never been a fan of Wired and glad to see I’m not alone.

Looking forward to the next one!!

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My name is Mark Maunder. I've been blogging since around 2003 when I started on Movable Type and ended up on WordPress which is what I use to publish today. With my wife Kerry, I'm the co-founder of Wordfence which protects over 5 million WordPress sites from hackers and is run by a talented team of 36 people. I'm an instrument rated pilot and I fly a Cessna 206 along with a 1964 Cessna 172 in the Pacific Northwest and Colorado. I'm originally from Cape Town, South Africa but live in the US these days. I code in a bunch of languages and am quite excited about our emerging AI overlords and how they're going to be putting us to work for them.