{"id":302,"date":"2010-12-16T17:58:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T00:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=302"},"modified":"2022-07-14T13:20:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:20:39","slug":"a-small-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/a-small-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Two Points: How My Face Unexpectedly Ended Up on TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog_post_wardrobe.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-6BvXeg7t\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog_post_wardrobe.jpg\" alt=\"Wardrobe_TechCrunch\" width=\"560\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog_post_wardrobe.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog_post_wardrobe-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Yesterday a number of friends emailed me saying, &#8220;You&#8217;re on TechCrunch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I quickly racked my brain, &#8220;Did we announce anything new yesterday&#8230;?&#8221; Then I looked and saw that what they actually meant more specifically was that <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/12\/14\/oodle-facebook-marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my face was on TechCrunch<\/a>, along with a wardrobe I was selling.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the quick backstory:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My wife wanted us to get rid of a wardrobe we were no longer using.<\/li>\n<li>I posted it on <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.facebook.com\/marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Marketplace<\/a>, a social online classifieds service.<\/li>\n<li>Facebook Marketplace is powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oodle.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oodle<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Oodle was founded and still led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/craigdonato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Donato<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I knew Craig from Excite@Home and he is a friend on Facebook.<\/li>\n<li>Through Oodle&#8217;s social aspect, Craig saw my posting.<\/li>\n<li>Craig asked if he could use my post in a preso.<\/li>\n<li>Four days later I get a slew of emails about being on TechCrunch (and <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2010\/12\/14\/oodle-facebook-marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VentureBeat<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I love the serendipity of being in Silicon Valley.<br \/>\nNow if I could just find a tie-in here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online backup<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Congrats Craig and team on the success with Oodle!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday a number of friends emailed me saying, &#8220;You&#8217;re on TechCrunch.&#8221; I quickly racked my brain, &#8220;Did we announce anything new yesterday&#8230;?&#8221; Then I looked and saw that what they actually meant more specifically was that my face was on TechCrunch, along with a wardrobe I was selling. 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