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i wonder if he still works in tech journalism!!
by gbhati 14y ago
i wonder if he still works in tech journalism!!
- markrickert 14y agoThat's the thing. These guys never go away. They keep getting paid to write flawed versions of the future that will never come to pass. That's why I don't put any weight in anyone who has "analyst" or "tech journalist" in their credentials.
- bcrescimanno 14y agoDon't forget that there's a whole segment of these guys who are basically paid to get it wrong--being the one guy who says, "this obvious winner is going to fail" attracts a lot of eyeballs. Remember, being a pundit isn't about being correct; it's about getting people reading what you write.
- adrianonantua 14y agoAlso, in the remote case he gets to be right, he will get known as the wise told-you-so guy.
- bratsche 14y agoHis job is to write something that people will read. And here we are, five years later, reading what he wrote. It looks like he succeeded. :)
- jsm386 14y agoOn the flip side you have generally good, thoughtful, regularly accurate analysis/projections from Horace Dediu over at http://asymo.com http://asymo.com. And the 'Street vs. Amateurs' predictions are always interesting to watch: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/16/how-many-iphones-did-apple-sell-last-quarter-5/ http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/16/how-many-iphones-did-...
- chaud 14y agoHe is a financial journalist, not tech. He has a MarketWatch column now: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-bundesbank-will-stamp-out-this-rally-2012-04-11 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-bundesbank-will-stamp-o...
- corkill 14y agoThe best explanation I have heard for why analysts exist is because the market demands them. People want to read about this stuff so someone has to write it.