MG Siegler has keyed up a ego - righteous bombast about the deplorable state of technology coverage and , well , who can argue with that ? have ’s find out .
Content Everywhere , But Not A bead To Drink(foul voice communication alert )
What place Siegler off isaNew York Timespiececalling out the iOS app and social internet Path for having been catch uploading iPhone users ’ entire address ledger . Not honest , says Siegler , as other program arestilldoing that ( Path has delete all user address book datum ) . Then he launches into a tirade about downcast - information , time - and - pageview sore journalism ; the Macalope brooks no argument on that topic , but it ’s a bit odd , considering that Path reallywasdoing something it should n’t have been .
Or maybe notthatodd , concord to Dan Lyons . AsLyons chimes in , Siegler and his X - party boss Michael Arrington ( who Siegler defend for also assault theTimespiece ) are both mate in CrunchFund , which commit in Path .
Oooh , a slap fight between serial dork Michael Arrington and serial publication has - been Dan Lyons ? There is not enough Zea mays everta in the human race .
Still , despite the questionable motif , the horny one match with Siegler ’s introductory point , which is much the Macalope ’s raison d’être .
The only matter I can offer is the advice to take everything you read in the engineering military press with a grain of saltiness . Perhaps several . The likelihood that at least part of it is nonsense is very stiff . And stronger by the twenty-four hours .
Well , maybe not that last part . Is it really any worse than it ’s ever been ? It ’s been ridiculous for eld . The Macalope would argue that people are just notice it more now . He hopes so , because he ’s certainly tried to “ lift awareness , ” by which he means call a crowd of people name .
The Macalope ’s not here to claim he ’s complete and above it all . He makes mistakes himself ( see : Saturday pillar ) . The difference , he hope , is that the Classic Mac head , the horns , and the hooves make it apparent that he take himself less seriously than your Henry Blodgets and … well , passably much everyone else in tech coverage .
He is majestic to say that he has no idea what his dealings numbers are , other than decent enough thatMacworldkeeps dropping off bales full of sweet , crunchy Medicago sativa on his doorstep .
He ’s a picayune uncertain where a technical school journalism sitegetsalfalfa , but he does n’t involve questions that he ’s afraid to have it away the answers to .
“ Hey , it fell offa hand truck , you know what I ’m sayin ’ ? Do n’t you occupy your furred petty head about it ! Just go back to writin ’ the funny poppycock anddon’t be pokin ’ your nose where it do n’t belong . ”
( Also of concern is whyMacworldeditorial director Jason Snell talks like a stereotypical Italian mobster , but that ’s getting even further off the track . )
The point is , if there are just five of you out there learn and enjoying the Macalope ’s particular brand of knee joint - jerk Apple fanboi religious zealotry LOL - ism , that ’s OK .
The Macalope does n’t know specifically what it ’s like at ZDNet , or Gizmodo , or Angry Arnold ’s Apple Bashing Supersite , but several years ago , when he was at CNet , it pay a mean monthly fee with a bonus for dealings over a certain amount . He expect that ’s not rare .
The Macalope frequently did n’t get the CNet bonus because he failed to FREEly embed dealings - jacking keywords when posting from his IPHONE WHITNEY HOUSTON BREADED CATS HOT COLLEGE NYMPHOMANIACS .
Anyway , if there really are only five of you reading this , mayhap we should rent an flat together somewhere if this fizgig ever falls through .
No weirdos .
