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I don't know if you folks are aware of this but Steve Gillmor in his previous career was a record producer — he worked with everyone from Firesign Theater to Gr
by michaelpinto 16y ago
I don't know if you folks are aware of this but Steve Gillmor in his previous career was a record producer — he worked with everyone from Firesign Theater to Grace Jones. That's why is writing is so filled with references to music. You can say what you want about Techcrunch but Gillmor is one of the writers they have who is still worth reading. He doesn't give a damn about chasing page views and if you read in between the lines he often has something interesting to say. And his charm is that he doesn't give a damn about the trolls in the comments section.
Also each generation of technology has its publication: In a sense if Techcrunch is feeling dated it's because we're entering a new era. Once upon a time in the web 1.0 era we were reading Slashdot, F*cked Company, InfoWorld, MacWeek, the Silicon Alley Reporter a few others that are pretty much non-existent today. If Techcrunch is now dead so is Web 2.0 in a sense (and other brands of that era like SXSW, Mashable, etc.).
- burgerbrain 16y agoThe music references are not the issue here. Read the comments this tool is making to people who are (rightfully) giving him criticism.
- dasil003 16y agoWait a minute. Who ever read TechCrunch for the writing in the first place? No one with any taste for the written word, that's for sure. As far as Gillmor is concerned, yes, he has a style, and some people like it for some reason. Personally I think he tries way too friggin hard, and he's not 1/10th as clever as he wishes he were. You'll do better looking for depth of references and its delivery watching Gilmore Girls.
- waterlesscloud 16y agoSo you're saying Arrington sold at peak money?
- rhizome 16y agoYeah, I know. I simply don't have the time to read between the lines so much in order to find whether or not it's worth reading. There are myriad other tech writers covering the same beat without requiring all that work.