When I read Read/Write Web's list of the the 15 nominees in the StartUp 2.0 competition for European Web sites on Tuesday, I confessed that I'd only heard of one of them. Aargh!
Bear in mind that I created the Webwatch column in the old Guardian Online and thus watched the web professionally for more than a decade. (It was originally called Netwatch as there wasn't much of a Web to watch in 1994.) I also wrote Technology cover stores about Web 2.0 (One foot in the future, November 17, 2005) and mashups (It's all in the mix, February 2, 2006). And I live in Europe. Shouldn't I have done better?
Richard MacManus at Read/Write Web took up the challenge in The Euro Startups Quiz -- What's Your Score? and did twice as well: he'd heard of two of the sites. And to judge by comments both here and there, that seems to be an excellent score.
Yes, thanks, I fell better now ;-)
But it also suggests that a UK version of TechCrunch would do pretty well, and I notice Michael Arrington is now advertising for an editor to do the job.... He says:
I'm pleased to announce that TechCrunch will be re-launching in the UK. We are aiming for a June 1 re-launch.
