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Aaron -- MG is one of the few TC writers who editorializes pretty liberally in his posts. I appreciate that as it makes it more interesting and it doesn't both

by davidu 16y ago

Aaron -- MG is one of the few TC writers who editorializes pretty liberally in his posts. I appreciate that as it makes it more interesting and it doesn't bother me as I happen to agree with most of what he says. To editorialize successfully requires you to have a strong grasp of the industry, the market forces and what direction it's moving in -- all of which I think he does quite well, along the likes of MA or Om Malik. You may not like his writing but it's a far cry from a content farm. He's a writer. He's paid to write. That's what he does. I have no idea why you have so many upvotes, and I guess I'm really surprised so many people agree with you.

pavs 16y ago
Why are you surprised so many people agrees with him? Do you think it might be possible that MG's writing is really bad and a lot of people sees it but you don't?
- davidu 16y ago
  I'm assuming you mean, is it possible he's right? Of course it's possible. The surprising number of votes would seem to indicate people agree with him. I don't know how many down-votes he's had though.
aaronbrethorst 16y ago
David - I feel he has a weak grasp on many fundamentals of modern technology[1]. His grammar and spelling are the subject of widespread mockery[2]. I must respectfully disagree with your conclusion that he has a strong grasp of the industry, market forces, or direction. I have a good deal of respect for both Arrington and Malik, and I cannot say I have one iota of the same for Siegler. He is a writer, and he is paid to write. But the same can be said for the people producing articles for Demand Media. MG's prolific rate of content production doesn't inform its level of quality. [1] A trivial example is this article: http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/17/twitter-just-ui-puked-on-my-timeline/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/17/twitter-just-ui-puked-on-my... where MG fails to differentiate between Twitter's CSS files failing to load and new features. I could find more if you'd like, but this is one of the more egregious from recent memory. [2] http://plankhead.com/blog/1146/mg-siegler-destroys-the-english-language-–-episode-2 http://plankhead.com/blog/1146/mg-siegler-destroys-the-engli...
- davidu 16y ago
  In regards to the poor grammar -- I've no doubt they prioritize posting speed in exchange for a more liberal writing style policy. In regards to his grasp of tech -- I see nothing offensive about your example. He says it's probably a bug, and it was. I think his ability to grasp the implications of tech is pretty solid. Apparently we disagree, and perhaps I even hold the contrarian viewpoint in this community. At least you can cite your criticisms which is more than I expected. :-)
  - wensing 16y ago
    His ability to grasp tech is missing the instinct that sees those numbers (re: the Twitter UI "bug") and immediately thinks "Oh, duh, ordered-list tag is showing numbers when it shouldn't be. CSS file error. Happens a lot when I use Facebook and static files don't get loaded properly. Not worth writing about." Not saying that means he shouldn't write, but as a webdev it's easy to see what's wrong with that article.

by davidu 16y ago

pavs 16y ago

Why are you surprised so many people agrees with him? Do you think it might be possible that MG's writing is really bad and a lot of people sees it but you don't?

davidu 16y ago
I'm assuming you mean, is it possible he's right? Of course it's possible. The surprising number of votes would seem to indicate people agree with him. I don't know how many down-votes he's had though.

aaronbrethorst 16y ago

David - I feel he has a weak grasp on many fundamentals of modern technology[1]. His grammar and spelling are the subject of widespread mockery[2]. I must respectfully disagree with your conclusion that he has a strong grasp of the industry, market forces, or direction. I have a good deal of respect for both Arrington and Malik, and I cannot say I have one iota of the same for Siegler. He is a writer, and he is paid to write. But the same can be said for the people producing articles for Demand Media. MG's prolific rate of content production doesn't inform its level of quality. [1] A trivial example is this article: http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/17/twitter-just-ui-puked-on-my-timeline/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/17/twitter-just-ui-puked-on-my... where MG fails to differentiate between Twitter's CSS files failing to load and new features. I could find more if you'd like, but this is one of the more egregious from recent memory. [2] http://plankhead.com/blog/1146/mg-siegler-destroys-the-english-language-–-episode-2 http://plankhead.com/blog/1146/mg-siegler-destroys-the-engli...

davidu 16y ago
In regards to the poor grammar -- I've no doubt they prioritize posting speed in exchange for a more liberal writing style policy. In regards to his grasp of tech -- I see nothing offensive about your example. He says it's probably a bug, and it was. I think his ability to grasp the implications of tech is pretty solid. Apparently we disagree, and perhaps I even hold the contrarian viewpoint in this community. At least you can cite your criticisms which is more than I expected. :-)
- wensing 16y ago
  His ability to grasp tech is missing the instinct that sees those numbers (re: the Twitter UI "bug") and immediately thinks "Oh, duh, ordered-list tag is showing numbers when it shouldn't be. CSS file error. Happens a lot when I use Facebook and static files don't get loaded properly. Not worth writing about." Not saying that means he shouldn't write, but as a webdev it's easy to see what's wrong with that article.