Black & White or Gray
MG Siegler vs Joshua Topolsky on the biggest problem facing tech journalism today: too many opinions, or not enough of them.
- Test-driving Storify here. All this happened over a month ago, which is a year in tech journalism time. But this narrative seemed like a good use case for this app, which I quite like. Enjoy.MG Siegler's review of the Galaxy Nexus asserts that the iPhone is better, in part because it's simply more polished:
An iPhone Lover’s Take On The Galaxy NexusYou have to hand it to Google. They know that I prefer Apple products and have been generally critical of many Google moves in the past c...- John Gruber echoes this sentiment. He says you either see it or you don't:
- Daring Fireball Linked List: MG Siegler's Take on the Galaxy NexusUnfortunately, the system still lacks much of the fine polish that iOS users enjoy. The majority of Android users will probably think suc...
- Josh Topolsky tweets that this is bull:
.@daringfireball @parislemon What a load of horseshit. All due respect, but horseshit.- Then Topolsky fleshes out his argument in a blog post, which argues that MG's assertion and Gruber's framing is elitism/classism, and that's bad for tech journalism:
HorseshitPosted by Joshua Topolsky on December 15, 2011 02:08 pm Last night I tweeted at John Gruber and MG Siegler: "What a load of horseshit. Al...- MG counters with the argument that Josh's unwillingness to hold a strong opinion one way or another is bad for tech journalism:
- "Horseshit"Wow. Josh Topolsky is mad. And that by itself is fine — he’s clearly passionate about technology, which is great. What’s not ...
- While I appreciate a strong, well-informed opinion, I tend to distrust tech writers who consistently say that one particular product is the One True Best Thing. Everyone has different needs. There's an especially notable gap between the needs of tech writers and their readers.Marco Arment, on how he's stopped trying to convince everyone that the stuff he prefers is best for everyone:
- Whatever works for you – Marco.orgNovember 28, 2011 • ∞ • In my earlier 20s when I knew everything, I was a much bigger evangelist for my technology choices. I'm accused o...
