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nerdfight

Daring Fireball blogger's Wired takedown fizzles

The latest flaming bomb from Mac blogger John Gruber: "How Leander Kahney Got Everything Wrong by Being a Fucking Jackass." Kahney's sin? Writing Wired's latest cover story, ""How Apple Got Everything Right by Doing Everything Wrong." Kahney's thesis: Apple succeeds despite violating Google's "don't be evil" rules of business. Gruber's response? Name-calling, starting in the headline. Gruber attacks with stabbing frenzy:
The whole contrast-with-Google angle makes no sense, holds up to no scrutiny, and serves no purpose other than to reach the punchy conclusion that Apple is "irredeemably evil." By Kahney's logic, any company that is different from Google —- and clearly most companies are far more different from Google than Apple is —- is evil.
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3:00 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Jordan Golson
9,383 views, 15 comments

Latest by humorzo: I must be missing something. Why would Gruber want to demote himself to write for a kids mag ... when he has that fine column all by himself? more »

great moments in journalism

Wired writer flacks for Google

Wired.com editor Leander Kahney writes up received Google fictions peddled by the search engine's PR division as fact in this month's Wired magazine. Google's employee perks are a common topic in the press, but our readers tell us the reality is far from the earthly paradise Google sells to gullible journalists. Leander makes working at Google seem like heaven:
And today, if Google hasn't made itself a Greenleaf-esque slave to its employees, it's at least a cruise director:
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12:40 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Jordan Golson
1,771 views, 6 comments

Latest by Dweezil: @cowsandmilk: What the fuck is an Adwords CSR in another complex going to do with 20% time off? They're a technology company, PR personnel don't need free time to develop new technology. I hate most engineers, but it doesn't make more »

nerdfight

Wired editor Leander Kahney vs. Fake Steve Jobs -- guess who wins?

Wired editor Leander Kahney went up against Forbes editor Dan Lyons's Fake Steve Jobs character in a three-round mano-a-mano debate about Apple. Lyons completely wipes the floor with Kahney. Did Wired ever think this would be a fair fight? This utterly unlevel playing field shows why we're glad we were wrong about Leander Kahney being Fake Steve. This short excerpt really sums it up: More »

1:20 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Jordan Golson
941 views, 3 comments

wrapup

Valleywag's 3 biggest goofs of 2007

The trick to running a gossip blog is to reject most of the rumors you get. Otherwise, no one believes anything. You quickly learn to spot the gullible chatter, the obvious attempts to plant a story, the too good to be true. Well, usually. We blew it big three times this year by trying too hard for the scoops. More »

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7:24 PM on Sun Dec 23 2007
By Paul Boutin
2,317 views, 2 comments

steve jobs

Has Leander Kahney lost his schtick?

"Has Steve Jobs lost his magic?" asks Leander Kahney, the man who made a career of baiting Apple fans (which, actually, is a cottage industry). Kahney's reasoning: Jobs's WWDC keynote speech on Monday wasn't as exciting as past events. More »

12:46 PM on Tue Aug 8 2006
By Nick Douglas
77 views, 1 comment

steve jobs

When will journalists decide Jobs isn't God?

Wired News editor Tony Long wins a bit of our love for calling out Steve Jobs' hero worshippers. He defends Leander Kahney's stinginess story and rips the cult of Jobs to pieces. More »

9:21 AM on Thu Feb 2 2006
By ndouglas
225 views, 3 comments