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Saluting Walt Mossberg’s career
- jkw 9y agoA journalist among journalists. He was probably Steve Job's most respected tech journalist. That's saying a lot. When the early iPhones launched, only a handful of journalists had a review device; Mossberg was one of them. As opinionated as Jobs was, Mossberg was one of the few people where he would not criticize nor argue when Mossberg had feedback for Apple products.
- icpmacdo 9y agoMossberg and Jobs were pretty close friends in Job's later years it seems.
- PhantomGremlin 9y agoHere's Walt Mossberg (nee Mosspuppet) interviewing Steve Jobs. Definitely NSFW. Tempus fugit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr4pPAn-m5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr4pPAn-m5g
- cooper12 9y agoBy the way, the male equivalent of "née" that you're looking for is "né".
- PhantomGremlin 9y agoI didn't know there was a female/male distinction. In my defense, Wiktionary says: In the original French, the masculine form né should be used when the subject is masculine. In English, this distinction is not always followed. But even ignoring gender I still kind of screwed it up. I was really going more for "a.k.a.". And I'm quite sad that so many downvoted the Mosspuppet. I really loved that character. He really added some fun to the otherwise somewhat stuffy Walt Mossberg.
- basseq 9y agoAnd I'm quite sad that so many downvoted the Mosspuppet. I bet most people thought you were coining a derogative term for Mossberg with the implication he was a puppet (mouthpiece) of Jobs/Apple. Not a literal puppet character. (I know I did.)
- fkboy 9y agoSend you mom to him then.
- leoc 9y agoWasn't there a story some time ago about the WSJ having run a hit piece at Apple's/SJ's behest, but using a different reporter's byline so as not to besmirch the Walt Mossberg brand? Apologies if I am misremembering...
- quasimodem 9y agoI was confused that the huge photo at the top of the article is not of Walt Mossberg.
- sohkamyung 9y agoTechnically Mossberg was in the photo: he's out of focus on the right side facing away from the camera.
- Stratoscope 9y agoThe original version of the article has an actual picture of Walt, and also the "majestic, elegantly curved Millau Viaduct with its cable stays spread like sails": https://mondaynote.com/a-salute-to-walt-mossberg-e3c562288f03 https://mondaynote.com/a-salute-to-walt-mossberg-e3c562288f0...
- dogruck 9y agoI hate to be a hater, but I was never too impressed with Mossberg's reporting. My opinion is that his platform was stronger than his content. I suppose my claim is Mossberg was the New York Times Best Seller List of tech writing.
- ddebernardy 9y agoAny odds you could name a few journalists whose reporting you find more impressive than Mossberg's?
- mc32 9y agoFrom a technical pov Anand Lal Shimpi perhaps? He didn't kill it on the prose or suave approach, but on the technical detail and exactitude.
- TwoNineA 9y agoThe CPU guy from Ars Technica was extremely good as well.
- ericd 9y agoAgreed, he was excellent.
- haikuginger 9y agoBrian Klug also. Both at Apple now.
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