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I used to enjoy listening to This Week in Tech until they started focusing on Twitter, Facebook, and Zynga. I still listen because I genuinely like Leo Laporte'
by colkassad 16y ago
I used to enjoy listening to This Week in Tech until they started focusing on Twitter, Facebook, and Zynga. I still listen because I genuinely like Leo Laporte's presentation and personality. However, I am disappointed with him and tech journalism in general in how they covered Digg's downfall. They really didn't cover it at all. I really think they turned a blind eye, hoping that things would bounce back because they apparently gained so much traffic from Digg. I understand Digg still gets decent traffic so maybe they just don't want to make things worse.
To me it seemed to be a big story. Kevin Rose was on TWiT a couple episodes ago and they hardly mentioned Digg's problems. Journalism indeed.
- krakensden 16y agoLeo Laporte and Kevin Rose worked together on The Screen Savers many moons ago, they're probably friends at this point.
- QE2 16y agoAye. The cast of TSS has remained pretty close. I don't listen to TWiT anymore, but I remember Patrick Norton used to be (may still be) a regular guest.
- portman 16y agoThat's an understatement: Leo effectively discovered Kevin. I'd bet that Kevin asks Leo to be godfather to his first-born child. I remember listening to the TWIT episodes around the Digg V4 fracas, and I thought Leo made it very clear that he would be unable to cover the story without bias. Also, TWIT is an opinion show by its very nature. It's the tech equivalent to an OpEd page in a newspaper.