Comments on: Sir, step back from the Mac http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:23:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dorian http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/#comment-353773 Dorian Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:10:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/#comment-353773 Is this now the wrong video? It's not a minute and a half and it's not about Rhode Island. Is this now the wrong video? It’s not a minute and a half and it’s not about Rhode Island.

]]> By: Jonathan Weber http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/#comment-353486 Jonathan Weber Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:56:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/#comment-353486 Actually I think Slate's strength is "not-video", i.e. smart writing. Actually I think Slate’s strength is “not-video”, i.e. smart writing.

]]> By: Carson Bennett http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/#comment-353481 Carson Bennett Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:21:19 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/#comment-353481 I quit checking Slate about a year ago -- they had a great lead on everyone and they seem to have traded it in to become something like a government agency. Weisberg has status, name recognition, but no new ideas; the columns have become predictable with only the nouns changing but not the point of view or the tone of voice; there's the same clergy-laity sense of position in the way they "inform" their readers whilst being clever or learned or sneering (Hitchens) or whatever their personal shtick is. It has become (nearly) MSM in pixels. I quit checking Slate about a year ago — they had a great lead on everyone and they seem to have traded it in to become something like a government agency. Weisberg has status, name recognition, but no new ideas; the columns have become predictable with only the nouns changing but not the point of view or the tone of voice; there’s the same clergy-laity sense of position in the way they “inform” their readers whilst being clever or learned or sneering (Hitchens) or whatever their personal shtick is. It has become (nearly) MSM in pixels.

]]> By: Ben http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/#comment-353447 Ben Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:13:57 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/26/sir-step-back-from-the-mac/#comment-353447 Sure, it's not great, but give the guys a break! "Your content is crap. Give up now." Ouch. Sure, it’s not great, but give the guys a break!

“Your content is crap. Give up now.”

Ouch.

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