http://techwhimsy.com Where tech is more than just the breaking news Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:37:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://techwhimsy.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-342 Shane Perris on Techwhimsy and Why He Doesn’t Want to Break the News | BloggerTalks Thu, 22 May 2008 11:33:53 +0000 #comment-342 [...] The Techwhimsy about page states that the reader shouldn’t expect stories to be broken on the site. Would you rather have the time and money to run a site like that, the newsy story breaking kind of blog? I used to think that a “breaking news” blog was the ultimate dream. The adrenaline rush of being on the cutting edge, getting the scoop before the big guys, maintaining a place on the contact list of the publicity seeking and disgruntled alike. Imagine all the launch parties, the back room tours, the over-indulgent self importance of it all I’ve come to the realisation that it doesn’t look so good in the harsh light of reality. A number of well known tech writers/bloggers have died over the last 6 months or so, and others like Om Malik have had serious health scares. There is also Mike Arrington’s recent declaration that he’s sure Techcrunch will give him a heart attack. Add to that Duncan Riley leaving Techcrunch partly so he can have a weekend again, and I don’t think breaking the news is something I would want to do. [...] [...] The Techwhimsy about page states that the reader shouldn’t expect stories to be broken on the site. Would you rather have the time and money to run a site like that, the newsy story breaking kind of blog? I used to think that a “breaking news” blog was the ultimate dream. The adrenaline rush of being on the cutting edge, getting the scoop before the big guys, maintaining a place on the contact list of the publicity seeking and disgruntled alike. Imagine all the launch parties, the back room tours, the over-indulgent self importance of it all I’ve come to the realisation that it doesn’t look so good in the harsh light of reality. A number of well known tech writers/bloggers have died over the last 6 months or so, and others like Om Malik have had serious health scares. There is also Mike Arrington’s recent declaration that he’s sure Techcrunch will give him a heart attack. Add to that Duncan Riley leaving Techcrunch partly so he can have a weekend again, and I don’t think breaking the news is something I would want to do. [...]

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