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Re: Bob Cringely does his Dorothy impression

mathewi — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:54:01 -0000

No worries, Matt -- happens all the time.

Re: Bob Cringely does his Dorothy impression

Matt — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:04:04 -0000

No offense taken. Oh, and sorry about misspelling your name. :-)

Re: Bob Cringely does his Dorothy impression

mathewi — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:14:02 -0000

I know what you mean, Matthew -- I kind of like reading him too, even
if he does get on my nerves from time to time. He is a pretty good
writer, even if he is wrong a lot of the time. I guess it just bugged
me that he was claiming to have some kind of penetrating insight, but
then more or less failed to deliver. Anyway, I didn't mean to take it
out on you -- you were just collateral damage :-)

Thanks for the comment.

Re: Bob Cringely does his Dorothy impression

Matthew Gertner — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:08:29 -0000

Matthew,

My point wasn't to eulogize Cringely. I went out of my way to imply that he may well be talking out his a**. His first paragraph just set me off because I had already been thinking about how many me-too stories there are on Techmeme that bring little to the party.

That said, I can't deny that I enjoy reading his column, even though I can't really argue with your criticisms either. For one thing, he writes well and amusingly. Maybe I'm a soft touch but I thought the whole Wizard of Oz thing was quite clever. Also, he does tend to come up with original and thought-provoking viewpoints, even if half the time I'm jumping up and down on my chair screaming about what a bonehead he is to believe this-or-that nonsense. In fact, that part is half the fun.

Matt