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Re: What’s missing from modern tech journalism?

techyuppie — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:49:19 -0000

Mr. Pogue,

My apologies. I see where there was a grammatical inconsistancy that cause my thought to be taken out of context in the first paragraph. I could have done a better job to express that you never said you 'shouldn't be held to the same standards as your peers.' This is correct - you never said that. That is my opinion based on the information I had at the time of writing this article. It is merely my opinion that you 'feel' you shouldn't be held to those standards. Again it's an opinion based on statements you've given in the past. You are free to disagree with me.

You *are* a journalist when you take the step to review industry insiders and have access to things that most people don't for review purposes. As I have stated in my article, "It is a disgraceful fact that there are those that blur the lines." You are attempting to do just that - blur the lines. You write for the Times, you're a journalist. It's as simple as that. I expect EVERY journalist to take their profession seriously and this includes you. (Please see the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Conduct line which states: "Expose unethical practices of journalists and the news media." and "Abide by the same high standards to which they hold others."

I might be a small-time tech blogger and journalist, Mr. Pogue, but I can assure you that no one has ever called into question my integrity and ethical standards. I *am* transparent in my writing.

Re: What’s missing from modern tech journalism?

davidpogue — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:46:55 -0000

You wrote falsely: “Pogue stated that he is “not a journalist” ...and therefore shouldn’t be held to the same standards as his industry peers"

I HAVE NEVER SAID THAT. You, who value ethics, should be more careful about believing what the snarky bloggers write!

You are conflating two completely different issues, essentially stitching together a conversation out of two completely different dialogues.

ON ETHICS: I *absolutely* should be held to the same standards as my peers. ABSOLUTELY. I, too, have an ethics statement. It points out that I don’t accept ANYTHING of value from anyone I cover, not even a meal. It states that my investments are held in a blind trust. I return EVERYTHING I review. And I abide 100% by the Times’s ethical standards.

ON ‘I NEVER CALLED MYSELF A REPORTER”: This was taken out of context from an interview with Leo Laporte, in a conversation about my interviewing style. I had interviewed Steve Jobs. Leo thought I should have been tougher on him… “that’s your job as a journalist.” I replied that, IN THE SENSE OF writing news stories, tracking down sources, looking up documents, etc., I have never been a reporter, have never called myself a “journalist.”

That response was clearly not in regard to the ethics issue, and you’re doing your readers a huge disservice by mixing up the two!

ON DISCLOSING BOOKS: Again, you have it wrong. I have suggested disclosing my book projects in my Times column many times over the years. The editors have always declined, feeling that it would amount to a plug—an advertisement. They’re right, you know. I will be disclosing the books from now on, but it will have the perverse effect of BOOSTING my book sales.

—Pogue

Re: Twitter’s Terms of Service Allows Ads? Oh My!

talia_speaks — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:50:33 -0000

Oh and wth...I like this Disqus comment thinger. Why didn't you ever tell me about this before XD

Re: Twitter’s Terms of Service Allows Ads? Oh My!

talia_speaks — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:49:42 -0000

I am going to have to agree with you, even though I don't normally use the web interface. If its one thing I hated, it was using Twitterific and seeing the ads. On Tweetie it doesn't bother me nearly as much since I don't pay attention.

Re: La Russa Claims Twitter Not Playing Ball

Tab — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:45:01 -0000

Very interesting. Although I don't agree with La Russa on his points of branding I am not sure it's as frivolous as Twitter makes it out. Imagine when someone gets a hold of your child's photo and makes a twitter account posting all sorts of negative comments. Myspace is a great example of what could happen to a minor.

Also, Twitter doesn't do any sort of validation of individuals or change to account passwords so stealing accounts is a strong possibility (see what happened to the LDS Church twitter account).

At some point the wide open space may cause Twitter issues, something I believe their investors have to be looking into.

Great post as always!

Re: Face of the Earth

Aliy — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:44:00 -0000

Not true... You died :) If there are no updates on twitter from @techyuppie how can I verify this wasn't posted by your killer?

Lol.

What cha planning?

Re: RSS is dead? Not hardly.

dude — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:16:15 -0000

RSS is dead because it´s too "advanced" for the regular joe sixpack. Personally I use NetNewsWire everyday, but I realize that 95% of people will never find RSS a practical way of finding information. Twitter is one of many many winners here, Facebook is another, digg, youtube among other - but the biggest winner I guess we haven´t seen yet, it´s probably some twitter-a-like side where you can easily "add" feeds through some useful interface and not some google reader crap.

Got this strange feeling we´re only seeing the beginning of "smart" sites coming, most big sites we know will probably go away and new ones will come to replace them. All in all we the users; techy or not are the winners.

Re: RSS is dead? Not hardly.

John Fox — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:58:43 -0000

@pmaxwell - Thanks for the critique. I fixed the spelling of his name. My apologies.

Re: RSS is dead? Not hardly.

Aliy — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:16:29 -0000

I just started using RSS (less than a year ago when I met you :))

I don't want to start having to use something else.

If it ain't broke don't fix it :)

Re: RSS is dead? Not hardly.

pmaxwell — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:30:25 -0000

I agree that RSS readers aren't going away anytime soon, but you'll probably have a better chance of Gillmor reading this if you spell his name correctly. :)

Re: My Brighthouse saga continues…

Chris Berry — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:17:57 -0000

John, sorry to hear about the issues you're experiencing. Email me at Christopher.Berry@mybrigthouse.com with your account number or the phone number on your account and let's get this resolved.

Chris Berry

Re: EVDO on Linux

Aliy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:21:41 -0000

Should be noted... works GREAT on Windows. Works OK on Mac... but if you shut your laptop, to go into sleep mode, and don't disconnect you have to reboot to get it started up again.

Re: EVDO on Linux

John Fox — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:02:09 -0000

Yeah, that was my fault. I originally wrote this entry on Wednesday of last week. :-P

Re: EVDO on Linux

Cryssy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:32:06 -0000

Don't you mean Columbus? It took me a good 5 minutes to figure out when the hell we were going to Cincinnati.

Re: What an asshole…

trpdnabx — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:37:35 -0000

um.... there are no words

Re: The words

trpdnabx — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:38:56 -0000

you're such a romantic... how sweet :)

Re: Holy blog post, Batman!

trpdnabx — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:34:30 -0000

Sarcastic Sonofabitch aka.. Super Fox!

Re: New Media Douchebags (in plain english)

trpdnabx — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:32:28 -0000

OMG... I think I may have qualified myself by getting an iPhone.... lol this was funny

Re: Cheesesteaks and whatnot…

moltoamore — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:39:26 -0000

I want a soft pretzel. Now. Let's go.

Re: In an effort to keep this thing updated…

moltoamore — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:04:18 -0000

Please don't drink the Windex dear. The thought of visiting you in the hospital is depressing...though you know I would. :)

Re: He’s baaaack.

Noreen — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:08:00 -0000

Hey, you actually updated!!!!!!!!!! I am so very glad to hear that everything is going so great with you. Way to hear it for stability in one's life. Hooray stability!!!!!! Anyway, I hope everything stays on the right track from here on out. I love you. Take care of yourself. Poor 'Cino, being ruled over by a cat. Peppermint does sound like quite the sassy and neurotic feline. Not that there is anything wrong with being both sassy and neurotic, like yours truly. Oh, you should be warned that I have morphed back into the hyper, way too excited Noreen of yesteryear. Oh, well.

Re: Med Test Results

John — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:25:00 -0000

Funny you should say that about the med terms. I bruised my finger last week and I found myself calling it a subdermal hematoma, lol.

Re: Med Test Results

Noreen — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:37:00 -0000

Congrats on the amazing test score. You should be very proud of yourself. Once you learn medical terminology though, it seeps into your everyday vocab. So be careful. Hope everything is going a-ok in your life. My life is going great. I have an interesting batch of patients. My only issue is that I sometimes have to bathe them. Bathing 87 year old men- hmm.. not the most fun activity in the world. The gorgeous young male patients, yeah, I don't get to shower with them. That is not exactly fair, now is it? Haha. Nevermind me. Anyway, congrats!

Re: I’m A Porsche 911!

John — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:34:00 -0000

You got the "cheap" part right...

lol

Re: I’m A Porsche 911!

Steven Davis, Jr. — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:34:00 -0000

I am a vette, which is so much better and cheaper then a porshe