The Consumerization of IT (Journalism)

There has been a storm on Twitter and (due to Robert Scoble’s involvement) Google+ recently over bloggers, journalists and the relationship between the two. It seems that Dan Lyons, a technology journalist for Newsweek, was upset — “Hit men, click whores and paid apologists: Welcome to the Silicon Valley cesspool” — and took to his personal blog to vent. Aiming at Michael Arrington and MG Siegler will inevitably draw fire but a week or so later, Lyons has further drawn on the ire of the social media elite by accusing Robert Scoble of trying to employ similar tactics. Scoble very publically rebutted Lyons’ arguments but the argument continues…

For me, a lot of this seems to boil down to one thing: the consumerization of technology journalism. Continue reading “The Consumerization of IT (Journalism)”

Consumer IT: Services and Simplicity

People often ask me my opinions on various bits of technology they’re considering buying and 2011 has been a year of lots and lots of technology, so I thought I’d write up what technology has impacted me the most over the last 12 months.

Principally, I’ve noticed two trends evolving in the way I approach my personal and professional technology: services and simplicity. Continue reading “Consumer IT: Services and Simplicity”