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Another reason is that it's written by a guy who has studied this company for years, interviewed Schmidt eleven times and links to his own Google book in the bo
by noibl 16y ago
Another reason is that it's written by a guy who has studied this company for years, interviewed Schmidt eleven times and links to his own Google book in the body of the article.
Freelance tech journalism, this ain't.
- robosox 16y agoThis. I don't care how much a tech blogger has studied Google from afar. Ken Auletta actually embedded himself at Google and wrote a frickin book about its history, its culture, and most importantly how it makes decisions. He is in a crazy strong position to comment on why Google does what it does.
- ErrantX 16y agoIndeed. Also, this is traditional journalism, done in a new medium. TechCrunch is the new medium (Blogging) with a rough journalism slant. There is a real life comparison too; TechCrunch is like the tabloid papers - they have all the content, plus the biases and the speculation and a bit of trash. The New Yorker content is like the Business dailys - curt, to the point, aimed at people who want to know the facts, plus sensible analysis from people who understand the context in detail (and are writing from academic interest as much as commercial).
- w1ntermute 16y ago> this is traditional journalism The fact that this style of journalism is considered "traditional" is itself quite lamentable.