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actually I think it's a very bad idea for tech news. email is slow, any news you cover is old news, that will get scooped by the blogs way before you run it.

by vaksel 16y ago

actually I think it's a very bad idea for tech news. email is slow, any news you cover is old news, that will get scooped by the blogs way before you run it. A week's time for his editors, means that any news they cover will be severely out of date. I run http://mydailygeek.com http://mydailygeek.com and my run time is only 1 day...and I find myself constantly having to pick different stories throughout the day to run with, since they get bludgeoned to death by the time the emails get sent out. Now for me it's fine, since my focus isn't startups or the bleeding edge of tech, so the tech I do cover is just interesting stuff that my readers may have missed elsewhere...but for a "Techcrunch competitor", it's suicide. Any scoop you get will get leaked to Techcrunch before you can run the story.

yurylifshits 16y ago
This is not about news. It is about analytical, in-depth content.
- vaksel 16y ago
  would you read a 5000 word story on Google Instant right now? I wouldn't, since that topic has been beaten to death already.
  - yurylifshits 16y ago
    Analytical content covers different topics. Not product launches, deals and executives moves. It is about opportunities, trends and introductions to the new areas. E.g. should the next wave of startups start from China market? How? What is the potential of sell-to-government market? What is a 5-year outlook on TV business? Here is an example of content (my own writing) that is an analytical alternative to tech blogs: http://bit.ly/PublicGood http://bit.ly/PublicGood
    - vaksel 16y ago
      stuff like that is fine if you write a big essay once a month...but good luck making that a daily publication. there are only so many topics you can cover, before you tun out.
joshfinnie 16y ago
I have to wonder if email is almost faster these days than conventional websites. Of course I am going to TechCrunch once I hear on Twitter that something tech-related happened... But couldn't I have already gotten an email on my smartphone instantly? Email is old and antiquated, but it is the closest thing bloggers have to push access to all their readers. I know my droid buzzes every time I get an email; it might be time for bloggers to take advantage of this.

by vaksel 16y ago

yurylifshits 16y ago

This is not about news. It is about analytical, in-depth content.

vaksel 16y ago
would you read a 5000 word story on Google Instant right now? I wouldn't, since that topic has been beaten to death already.
- yurylifshits 16y ago
  Analytical content covers different topics. Not product launches, deals and executives moves. It is about opportunities, trends and introductions to the new areas. E.g. should the next wave of startups start from China market? How? What is the potential of sell-to-government market? What is a 5-year outlook on TV business? Here is an example of content (my own writing) that is an analytical alternative to tech blogs: http://bit.ly/PublicGood http://bit.ly/PublicGood
  - vaksel 16y ago
    stuff like that is fine if you write a big essay once a month...but good luck making that a daily publication. there are only so many topics you can cover, before you tun out.

joshfinnie 16y ago

I have to wonder if email is almost faster these days than conventional websites. Of course I am going to TechCrunch once I hear on Twitter that something tech-related happened... But couldn't I have already gotten an email on my smartphone instantly? Email is old and antiquated, but it is the closest thing bloggers have to push access to all their readers. I know my droid buzzes every time I get an email; it might be time for bloggers to take advantage of this.