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Re: Born This Way

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Post by dasil003 » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:29 AM UTC

michaelpinto wrote: post #17

I don't know if you folks are aware of this but Steve Gillmor in his previous career was a record producer — he worked with everyone from Firesign Theater to Grace Jones. That's why is writing is so filled with references to music. You can say what you want about Techcrunch but Gillmor is one of the writers they have who is still worth reading. He doesn't give a damn about chasing page views and if you read in betwee…

Wait a minute. Who ever read TechCrunch for the writing in the first place? No one with any taste for the written word, that's for sure.

As far as Gillmor is concerned, yes, he has a style, and some people like it for some reason. Personally I think he tries way too friggin hard, and he's not 1/10th as clever as he wishes he were. You'll do better looking for depth of references and its delivery watching Gilmore Girls.

Re: Born This Way

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Post by socksy » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:31 AM UTC

lwat wrote: post #50

rumpelstiltskin wrote: post #40

Relevant comment from the article - This seems to be a textbook "AOL Way" article that Paul Miller was talking about. Beatles? Popular. iPad? Popular (Bonus points for featuring FOUR of them). Lady Gaga? Popular. Turnaround time? Few minutes. Actual substance? None whatsoever. Steve Gilmor's unrelenting jackassery is getting out of hand. Now that TC is under new management, can someone rein this guy in?

What is YOUR real name!?

Sorry, I don't understand how that relates to what he said? Could you explain further?

Re: Born This Way

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Post by zaidf » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:31 AM UTC

sgrove wrote: post #46

bmelton wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://thestartupfoundry.com . What's old is new again. Paul Hontz had those exact same feelings, and has brought forth a blog that is closer to what TC used to be than any other I've seen.

Hard to get their attention though. 3 emails, some tweets, and they've yet to reply. Suppose everyone's busy, and persistence pays off.

TC wasn't that easy to get through either when they really started kicking ass ;)

Re: Born This Way

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Post by technomancy » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:39 AM UTC

Hardly news. Everything that need be said about TC was covered years ago in Giles Bowkett's post: http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2008/05/never-hate-only-eve...

Re: Born This Way

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Post by shareme » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:39 AM UTC

Bossman wrote: post #34

What the hell was that? I'm sorry for the bluntness of my statement, but that "article" was crap.

that was TC torturing new interns..their readers :)

Re: Born This Way

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Post by sgrove » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:48 AM UTC

g0atbutt wrote: post #47

sgrove wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hard to get their attention though. 3 emails, some tweets, and they've yet to reply. Suppose everyone's busy, and persistence pays off.

Email me again (Paul@codesketch.com). It's nothing personal, we just get A LOT of email. We are looking at ways to improve response time. Sorry about that.

Heh, no problems. Like I said, I planned to be persistent. You might think of a way to manage responses automatically so the sender knows you at least received it, to keep relations good.

And, as I've mentioned before, I'm a huge fan of what you're doing, and how you're doing it.

Re: Born This Way

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Post by burgerbrain » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 3:55 AM UTC

socksy wrote: post #52

lwat wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is YOUR real name!?

Sorry, I don't understand how that relates to what he said? Could you explain further?

This is how the author of the article has been responding to criticism.

Re: Born This Way

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Post by cabinguy » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 4:00 AM UTC

bmelton wrote: post #42

zaidf wrote: post #3

Once upon a time, TechCrunch was about start-ups and gosh they were killing it. I miss those days! Anyone else? That said, I'm assuming their change in direction over the years has been a business decision. I will always respect that even if it means less TC for me.

http://thestartupfoundry.com . What's old is new again. Paul Hontz had those exact same feelings, and has brought forth a blog that is closer to what TC used to be than any other I've seen.

I sure do hope The Startup Foundry perseveres. It's going to be one hell of a hard thing to do...but I hope they do it.

One bit of advice: Drop the "the" -- just "Startup Foundry" -- it's cleaner.

Re: Born This Way

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Post by robyates » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 4:06 AM UTC

noonespecial wrote: post #2

Heh. They can't all be winners can they? Based on this article, I'd say they jumped it, hired it, and now its writing articles for them.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse than the post about the Justin Bieber URL shortener... http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/13/bieber-ly-shortens-urls-whi...

Re: Born This Way

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 4:08 AM UTC

robyates wrote: post #59

noonespecial wrote: post #2

Heh. They can't all be winners can they? Based on this article, I'd say they jumped it, hired it, and now its writing articles for them.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse than the post about the Justin Bieber URL shortener... http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/13/bieber-ly-shortens-urls-whi...

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