Posts with category: Engadget
The big one
Anyone paying attention to the tech / media industry publications for the last few months knew this week was coming at AOL — but that doesn’t make 2,000 fewer coworkers any easier. There isn’t really a lot for me to say here, except that I’m grateful today’s layoffs haven’t really had much direct effect on [...]
On backlinking (or “internal linking”)
Today Louis Gray wrote a very interesting and critical story about Engadget’s backlinking practices — backlinking is what we (and some others) call linking back to previous editorial. Louis seems like a smart guy and makes some very good points, but I think he might have been under some false impression when he wrote his [...]
Engadget moves to 2nd place? Not quite!
Gotta love Denton’s showmanship and ability to spin, the man’s a master of what he does. Unfortunately, in his post today about Gizmodo overtaking Engadget, he got a number of facts wrong, not the least of which being that Engadget’s moved to the number two slot. Granted, that mostly had to do with the fact [...]
The Nokia iPhone commercial
In trying to think of something telling to say about the Nokia iPhone commercial I made, only one thing sprang to mind: the following four lines of an IM conversation with Engadget Mobile editor Chris Ziegler. Me: I find it kind of crazy that I’ve managed to parlay being a smartass into a career. Chris: [...]
The definitive iPhone review
It’s finally up: Engadget’s definitive iPhone review. It may be over 13,000 words, but it’s a quick read. Promise.
My new role at Engadget: editor-in-chief
Back in June of 2004 when Pete tricked me persuaded me to write a bit on the side for Engadget, I figured it’d be an entertaining way to flex my then-atrophying writing muscle and play with some gadgets. But I never fathomed just how Engadget would change — and change me — in the coming [...]
Brian Alvey leaves
Brian Alvey, co-founder of Weblogs, Inc. and someone I respect and admire immensely, just announced he’s leaving AOL. No surprise there, I’ve basically been counting down the days. Bummed as I am that he’s moving on, I’m super happy that he’s picking up an exciting new thing: founding a comic book publishing company! (To quote [...]
Official statement on “Applegate”
My / Engadget’s official statement on “Applegate” can be found here. Mike Arrington also discusses here. Ok, and I can’t resist Brian Lam’s writeup at Giz, either. Um, eagerly awaiting the weekend! Update: lots more dialogue going on, much of which is trackable here: Gartenberg, Scoble, Winer, PC World, Wired, Mathew Ingram, IP & Democracy, [...]
Engadget: too much of a good thing?
I think it’s about time I asked the question: is Engadget’s daily wall-to-wall coverage too much of a good thing? I suspect it isn’t the first time (nor will it be the last), but Randall‘s pal J killed us from our feed for being guilty of high quality overload: “I’m about to delete my Engadget [...]
Judith Meskill leaving Weblogs, Inc.
Friday morning I found out that my suspicions were confirmed, and that my boss, dear colleague, and friend Judith Meskill, GM of Weblogs, Inc., officially resigned. She hasn’t yet announced where she’ll land, but I envy the lucky company that snagged her. Judith has been an inspiration around these parts. Besides the volumes I could [...]
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