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The Guardian is a good source and certainly understand tech the best of UK newspapers (they have an api, post the raw data used in articles, host barcamps/hackd
by danw 17y ago
The Guardian is a good source and certainly understand tech the best of UK newspapers (they have an api, post the raw data used in articles, host barcamps/hackdays, etc).
Carr on the other hand is know for bitter opinion pieces, such as this one about the Le Web conference http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/10/startups-internet http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/10/startups-in...
- olifante 17y agoThat piece Carr wrote about Le Web was a hack job -- yet another manifestation of the undying British national habit of badmouthing the French on every possible occasion. Done by professional comedians once in a while it's fun. Done by an entire nation it's disgusting. Compared to Carr's, Michael Arrington's article on Le Web seemed like a balanced critique, and that's saying something.
- Jem 17y ago> Done by an entire nation it's disgusting. One piece of journalism does not equal the opinion of an entire nation.
- martey 17y agoIncidentally, in this same column, Carr linked to an earlier piece - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-for-work-techcrunch-arrington http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-fo... - where he basically apologized for trashing Le Web, and bemoaned the culture of schadenfreude and cynicism that causes his negative columns to be more popular than his positive ones.