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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 abou

by 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.
    - robert_tweed 12y ago
      I'm going to commit the cardinal sin of meta-commenting twice on the same submission and rhetorically ask why anyone would be downvoting the parent? To clarify the stated fact: the name appears in the left margin on an iPad, just like on a desktop browser at normal width. However on an iPhone, it appears at the bottom of the page. It does the same thing if your browser window is set to less than 768px wide. It's not hard to see how in those circumstances, someone could be misled into thinking that the article's author was Woz, especially if they didn't read all the way to the end.
JeremyBanks 12y ago
Why would the Woz have a .ca domain? That tipped me off that this might not be him.
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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.

by d23 12y ago

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.
  - robert_tweed 12y ago
    I'm going to commit the cardinal sin of meta-commenting twice on the same submission and rhetorically ask why anyone would be downvoting the parent? To clarify the stated fact: the name appears in the left margin on an iPad, just like on a desktop browser at normal width. However on an iPhone, it appears at the bottom of the page. It does the same thing if your browser window is set to less than 768px wide. It's not hard to see how in those circumstances, someone could be misled into thinking that the article's author was Woz, especially if they didn't read all the way to the end.

JeremyBanks 12y ago

Why would the Woz have a .ca domain? That tipped me off that this might not be him.

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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.