Comments on: Bob Cringely does his Dorothy impression http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:24:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/#comment-342313 mathewi Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:54:01 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/#comment-342313 No worries, Matt -- happens all the time. No worries, Matt — happens all the time.

]]> By: Matt http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/#comment-342312 Matt Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:04:04 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/#comment-342312 No offense taken. Oh, and sorry about misspelling your name. :-) No offense taken. Oh, and sorry about misspelling your name. :-)

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/#comment-342311 mathewi Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:14:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/#comment-342311 I know what you mean, Matthew -- I kind of like reading him too, even<br>if he does get on my nerves from time to time. He is a pretty good<br>writer, even if he is wrong a lot of the time. I guess it just bugged<br>me that he was claiming to have some kind of penetrating insight, but<br>then more or less failed to deliver. Anyway, I didn't mean to take it<br>out on you -- you were just collateral damage :-)<br><br>Thanks for the comment. I know what you mean, Matthew — I kind of like reading him too, even
if he does get on my nerves from time to time. He is a pretty good
writer, even if he is wrong a lot of the time. I guess it just bugged
me that he was claiming to have some kind of penetrating insight, but
then more or less failed to deliver. Anyway, I didn't mean to take it
out on you — you were just collateral damage :-)

Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Matthew Gertner http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/#comment-342310 Matthew Gertner Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:08:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/08/bob-cringely-does-his-dorothy-impression/#comment-342310 Matthew,<br><br>My point wasn't to eulogize Cringely. I went out of my way to imply that he may well be talking out his a**. His first paragraph just set me off because I had already been thinking about how many me-too stories there are on Techmeme that bring little to the party.<br><br>That said, I can't deny that I enjoy reading his column, even though I can't really argue with your criticisms either. For one thing, he writes well and amusingly. Maybe I'm a soft touch but I thought the whole Wizard of Oz thing was quite clever. Also, he does tend to come up with original and thought-provoking viewpoints, even if half the time I'm jumping up and down on my chair screaming about what a bonehead he is to believe this-or-that nonsense. In fact, that part is half the fun.<br><br>Matt Matthew,

My point wasn't to eulogize Cringely. I went out of my way to imply that he may well be talking out his a**. His first paragraph just set me off because I had already been thinking about how many me-too stories there are on Techmeme that bring little to the party.

That said, I can't deny that I enjoy reading his column, even though I can't really argue with your criticisms either. For one thing, he writes well and amusingly. Maybe I'm a soft touch but I thought the whole Wizard of Oz thing was quite clever. Also, he does tend to come up with original and thought-provoking viewpoints, even if half the time I'm jumping up and down on my chair screaming about what a bonehead he is to believe this-or-that nonsense. In fact, that part is half the fun.

Matt

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