Ryan Block » Microsoft http://ryanblock.com Editor and technology critic in the midst of founding a new web startup: gdgt. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:37:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Who would you rather sit next to on a bus? http://ryanblock.com/2008/07/who-would-you-rather-sit-next-to-on-a-bus/ http://ryanblock.com/2008/07/who-would-you-rather-sit-next-to-on-a-bus/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:52:17 +0000 Ryan Block http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=899 Been pretty caught up over the last couple of weeks — especially in our iPhone 3G review and coverage — but one lasting memory I’m definitely going to take from 2008 is Bill’s last day at Microsoft. One Engadget commenter made a poignant remark that kind of brought it all home: Who would you rather sit next to on a bus, Bill or Steve?

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Certainly no one can ping Microsoft’s Live Search for weighting down anything fruit-related.

]]> http://ryanblock.com/2008/03/amusing-live-search-result-for-engadget/feed/ 0 The real reason fanboys hate tech reporters http://ryanblock.com/2008/03/the-real-reason-fanboys-hate-tech-reporters/ http://ryanblock.com/2008/03/the-real-reason-fanboys-hate-tech-reporters/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:06:17 +0000 Ryan Block http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/03/the-real-reason-fanboys-hate-tech-reporters/ Farhad Manjoo had me at “On hot-button issues — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the Mac-PC divide — we’re quick to see bias in even the most objective news.” He’s penned a solid read about that pestering bit which really ought not be as prevalent as it actually is in the wonderful field of writing about tech: the kicking-and-screaming high-intensity “BIAS!” that usually seems to be more in the head of the gadget fan in question than the editorial.

I’ll leave you with this pull: “If I see the world as all black and you see the world as all white and some person comes along and says it’s partially black and partially white, we both are going to be unhappy. You think there are more facts and better facts on your side than on the other side. The very act of giving them equal weight seems like bias. Like inappropriate evenhandedness.”

]]> http://ryanblock.com/2008/03/the-real-reason-fanboys-hate-tech-reporters/feed/ 7 And now for a word on Zune http://ryanblock.com/2007/11/and-now-for-a-word-on-zune/ http://ryanblock.com/2007/11/and-now-for-a-word-on-zune/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:01:17 +0000 Ryan Block http://www.ryanblock.com/2007/11/and-now-for-a-word-on-zune/ Since I just had a word on Apple, probably appropriate that I mention what’s up with Zune! It’s been a crazy busy week but those waiting for my next Zune 2.0 review — or just looking forward to harshing on me some more — can look forward to tomorrow, since I’m hoping to get that out the door before Monday. Thanks for your patience!

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