These things are all well and good -IN PERSPECTIVE- but the whole
of technology they are not !

Besides a definite Apple-bias in the mainstream tech media, I’m sick
of all the Vista-haters. Seems like most of the writers doing articles
on Windows PC sites are Macintosh devotees. Go figure.

Then there’s the ten-thousandth story on installing Windows 7:
Should I ? Would I ? Could I ?

As well as all the fear-mongering. ( Remember the articles on an
almost 24-hour install time for Win 7 ? After pumping up that story
for several days, for the next few days they debunked it ! )

I don’t need to hear anything further in the news about iPhones,
Snow Leopard, or Windows 7 for the next six months. Twitter maybe
for a year.

The DataRat

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Reading my mind. Hardware or software news either – the aren’t much value until something meaningful is added to sheer fact of [supposed] release.

“Big” releases are bit more interesting. But since it often takes months to USA release, and months after that to get to where I live… Reading about something you might only buy in a year is not too exciting for me.

btw your train of thought is like role model for my perfect reader! Thanks for sticking around and constant extensive comments. :) Feel free to kick me if my blog ever strays from meaningful and useful (too far).

@Lax

I’d not really call it analysis. Maybe rant? Analysis is powered by desire to understand things. This kind of post is powered by desire to share my thoughts on some crap and see what people around think about that. :)

I enjoy more detailed posts. Instead of looking at 15 new cameras, I’d prefer to look at the one post that takes that camera and hacks it into a webcam. To me, things that add new value to existing products are a huge bonus.

I also rather enjoy software-based product reviews. I’m always on the hunt for new more efficient ways to accomplish things, and most times the software that two people will use to accomplish the same goal will be vastly different. I enjoy learning about different products and finding my own uses for them.

That being said, when something is big enough (new Android phone, new Blackberry, new browser etc) I enjoy reading about them. I try and see if the new app can somehow fit into my life, and if it can’t, then I move on to the next one.

All in all, I prefer quality over quantity. I know numerous techblogs that post the exact same content as 15 other blogs a few minutes apart, using almost the same sources. If someone already posted it, chances are, we’ve read it already unless you’re a huge blog. I would prefer the one blog post about a cool new code-based hack than 15 about the latest benchmarks of Safari Beta.