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FYI this was not posted by 'the Woz', but rather by the unrelated Geoff Wozniak. I imagine many others may have clicked through owing to the domain.

mattkrea 12y ago
Thanks for pointing this out. I had no clue.
- mountainhacker 12y ago
  Yes, I didn't either.
_neil 12y ago
Yes and I chuckled at the mental image of woz using the term "shitshow". Only to be disappointed when I got the bottom of the page and saw it was written by a Geoff. Good article, though.
- mrtron 12y ago
  Exactly where I chuckled thinking of woz.
d23 12y ago
Part of me thinks this is a bit sleazy. He knows how recognizable the name "Wozniak" is, and doubly so if he's going to be running a tech blog and posting about Aplle related things. Would gregwozniak.ca or gwozniak.ca been that much worse? It would be infinitely less confusing and link-baity.
- gtaylor 12y ago
  If his last name is in fact Wozniak, I'm not sure I see a problem.
- axotty 12y ago
  I definitely clicked and read the entire article only because I thought it was written by Woz. I agree, it is link-baity and misleading. EDIT: Holy down votes. Don't know what to say. I thought it was Woz, sosume. All I did was agree with the less-downvoted parent. EDIT 2: Hive mind crit axotty for 9999.
  - lawnchair_larry 12y ago
    You thought Woz was Canadian? It's the guys name. Using ones own name cannot be linkbaity or misleading.
    - axotty 12y ago
      It is when your name is identical to the co-Founder's name. It's link-baity by the fact that many people were baited into clicking that link under false pretenses. I'm not accusing this Wozniak of malice, however. I didn't look at the TLD I just clicked. I thought Woz was ditching OS X, I got excited. I was baited.
      - pikachu_is_cool 12y ago
        If it means anything, amidst all of the downvotes I completely agree with you.
    - uniformlyrandom 12y ago
      Many people interpret 'ca' as 'California'. The same way 'it' it not always Italy, and 'mx' is not always Mexico.
  - corndoge 12y ago
    About 50 pixels to the left of the title is "Geoff Wozniak"...furthermore, I don't think it's fair to disparage people with names that happen to be shared by celebrities.
    - axotty 12y ago
      I was on Safari on iOS, it didn't appear until the end of the article.
- JeremyBanks 12y ago
  Why would the Woz have a .ca domain? That tipped me off that this might not be him.
  - deleted 12y ago
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- ianremsen 12y ago
  I don't see why happening to have a famous person with your last name means you can't use your last name for a domain. If a) Ira Remsen was still alive and b) I was a food blogger instead of a tech enthusiast, I wouldn't hesitate to buy remsen.com or remsen.food (if i wanted it) just because Ira happened to invent artificial sweeteners.
dfabulich 12y ago
It would be nice if a moderator would update the title to, "Why Geoff Wozniak Quit OS X."
- dang 12y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion. We updated the title to remove the ambiguity.
hnriot 12y ago
that would be woz.org
wildmXranat 12y ago
Wozniak is a very common Polish surname and is in the top 10 of most popular surnames there. I didn't think it was The Woz especially since it has a Canadian tld. Anyway that might be my Polish bias talking, but I don't see how many could have made that mistake. Op wrote a good piece. It stands on its own unrelated to his surname.
robert_tweed 12y ago
Someone else is being downvoted into oblivion for using the term "link bait" so I'll tread carefully here, but this is the second time I've ended up on Geoff Wozniak's blog as a result of a headline that, on its own, is just as uninteresting as "some guy decides he doesn't like latest version of OS X", yet coming from Steve Wozniak it would definitely be worth reading. It's not link-baity in the sense that there's really anything wrong with using your own name for your blog (although try telling that to Mike Rowe), but it's link-baity in the context of HN where the domain shows up with equal importance to the headline and where the name "Wozniak" is very clearly associated with one and only one person. I think the "flag" link is unfit for purpose and should be moved & changed. Firstly, it should appear on the comments page as well as the listing pages. Secondly, there should be multiple reasons for flagging (or a free-text, one-line reason field), so that it's at least possible to flag a misleading headline for alteration, without the possibility that the entire submission could be flag-killed. I even agree with the poster about certain issues with OS X. It's particularly annoying as someone that recently switched away from Windows, after finally losing patience with Microsoft's similarly erosive programme of needless tinkering and randomly breaking stuff in lieu of tangible improvements. However, I don't come to HN to read opinions that agree with my existing world-view and pat myself on the back for being right (or at least, that's not my main reason). I am however interested in opinions that are not just from "some guy" but which represent the defection of a key figure, such as "DHH: why I've finally given up on Ruby" or "RMS: why closed-source is better after all". I would definitely read those and would be equally disappointed if the author turned out to be an unrelated namesake.

mattkrea 12y ago

Thanks for pointing this out. I had no clue.

mountainhacker 12y ago
Yes, I didn't either.

_neil 12y ago

Yes and I chuckled at the mental image of woz using the term "shitshow". Only to be disappointed when I got the bottom of the page and saw it was written by a Geoff. Good article, though.

mrtron 12y ago
Exactly where I chuckled thinking of woz.

d23 12y ago

Part of me thinks this is a bit sleazy. He knows how recognizable the name "Wozniak" is, and doubly so if he's going to be running a tech blog and posting about Aplle related things. Would gregwozniak.ca or gwozniak.ca been that much worse? It would be infinitely less confusing and link-baity.

gtaylor 12y ago
If his last name is in fact Wozniak, I'm not sure I see a problem.
axotty 12y ago
I definitely clicked and read the entire article only because I thought it was written by Woz. I agree, it is link-baity and misleading. EDIT: Holy down votes. Don't know what to say. I thought it was Woz, sosume. All I did was agree with the less-downvoted parent. EDIT 2: Hive mind crit axotty for 9999.
- lawnchair_larry 12y ago
  You thought Woz was Canadian? It's the guys name. Using ones own name cannot be linkbaity or misleading.
  - axotty 12y ago
    It is when your name is identical to the co-Founder's name. It's link-baity by the fact that many people were baited into clicking that link under false pretenses. I'm not accusing this Wozniak of malice, however. I didn't look at the TLD I just clicked. I thought Woz was ditching OS X, I got excited. I was baited.
    - pikachu_is_cool 12y ago
      If it means anything, amidst all of the downvotes I completely agree with you.
  - uniformlyrandom 12y ago
    Many people interpret 'ca' as 'California'. The same way 'it' it not always Italy, and 'mx' is not always Mexico.
- corndoge 12y ago
  About 50 pixels to the left of the title is "Geoff Wozniak"...furthermore, I don't think it's fair to disparage people with names that happen to be shared by celebrities.
  - axotty 12y ago
    I was on Safari on iOS, it didn't appear until the end of the article.
JeremyBanks 12y ago
Why would the Woz have a .ca domain? That tipped me off that this might not be him.
- deleted 12y ago
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ianremsen 12y ago
I don't see why happening to have a famous person with your last name means you can't use your last name for a domain. If a) Ira Remsen was still alive and b) I was a food blogger instead of a tech enthusiast, I wouldn't hesitate to buy remsen.com or remsen.food (if i wanted it) just because Ira happened to invent artificial sweeteners.

dfabulich 12y ago

It would be nice if a moderator would update the title to, "Why Geoff Wozniak Quit OS X."

dang 12y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. We updated the title to remove the ambiguity.

hnriot 12y ago

that would be woz.org

wildmXranat 12y ago

Wozniak is a very common Polish surname and is in the top 10 of most popular surnames there. I didn't think it was The Woz especially since it has a Canadian tld. Anyway that might be my Polish bias talking, but I don't see how many could have made that mistake. Op wrote a good piece. It stands on its own unrelated to his surname.

robert_tweed 12y ago

Someone else is being downvoted into oblivion for using the term "link bait" so I'll tread carefully here, but this is the second time I've ended up on Geoff Wozniak's blog as a result of a headline that, on its own, is just as uninteresting as "some guy decides he doesn't like latest version of OS X", yet coming from Steve Wozniak it would definitely be worth reading. It's not link-baity in the sense that there's really anything wrong with using your own name for your blog (although try telling that to Mike Rowe), but it's link-baity in the context of HN where the domain shows up with equal importance to the headline and where the name "Wozniak" is very clearly associated with one and only one person. I think the "flag" link is unfit for purpose and should be moved & changed. Firstly, it should appear on the comments page as well as the listing pages. Secondly, there should be multiple reasons for flagging (or a free-text, one-line reason field), so that it's at least possible to flag a misleading headline for alteration, without the possibility that the entire submission could be flag-killed. I even agree with the poster about certain issues with OS X. It's particularly annoying as someone that recently switched away from Windows, after finally losing patience with Microsoft's similarly erosive programme of needless tinkering and randomly breaking stuff in lieu of tangible improvements. However, I don't come to HN to read opinions that agree with my existing world-view and pat myself on the back for being right (or at least, that's not my main reason). I am however interested in opinions that are not just from "some guy" but which represent the defection of a key figure, such as "DHH: why I've finally given up on Ruby" or "RMS: why closed-source is better after all". I would definitely read those and would be equally disappointed if the author turned out to be an unrelated namesake.