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We thought it amusing, if a bit sad, when Technology Review editor-in-chief started asking for startups to pitch him for his New York Times column on Facebook. But for him to continue the apparently unanswered plea, more than a week later? Maudlin veering on pathetic. Please, someone with an interesting startup to profile — do yourself a favor, stop flinging yourself on the rocky shoals of Valleywag, and try Pontin instead. We hear he's easy.
Jason Pontin admits he has no ideas
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12:52 PM on Fri Aug 17 2007
By Owen Thomas
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Bastard! It's perfectly appropriate IMHO for me to ask a variety of sources, in a variety of media, about which companies are worth writing about. I would never promise I would write about something pitched me on Facebook; in fact, nothing any one has suggested has piqued my interest. But, who knows? Some one might suggest something interesting
Technology Review has really been dropping the ball on understanding innovation on the internet. Their TR35 this year had a lot of internet people who didn't do anything nearly as innovative or genius as the biological and chemical innovations represented in the TR35.
Owen Thomas, if this works I'll start subscribing to CNBC and tell them your cameos are the reason.
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