Top 5 List Of Increasingly lame Tech blogs of 2008
These blogs used to be worth checking multiple times a day. Now they are merely an after thought to my daily online routine. Perhaps it’s the fact that most of these sites have had recent design makeovers that I just can’t seem to get over, or the fact that the content has suddenly turned dry.
I don’t know if I’m more tired of the fact that there are so many Twitter related startups, or the fact that Tech Crunch keeps talking about them. It seems that’s one of the only ways to get featured on the big TC. All these twitter posts have me coughing up feathers and dry bird meat.
Let the finger pointing commence:
#1 – Engadget Is Suddenly Super Lame
So much content, such little interest. Is it just me or has Engadget turned into a lame place to get tech related information?
#2 – Engadget Mobile Is Also Super Lame
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/
Same goes for the mobile site. Not to mention, most of the content on the mobile site is duplicated on the main engadget page. Sue me, but I find it annoying.
#3 – Tech Crunch = Obsessed with Twitter and Twitter related startups – it’s getting old.
Come on Michael Arrington. First the crappy new blog design, now crappy content? When will Tech Crunch writers begin writing content that is interesting again? Either there aren’t very many new, exciting online startups right now, or you guys just suck at finding them. Perhaps you should pay attention to the PR firms that you are so annoyed with. I’ve heard so much about Twitter and Twitter focused startups in the last few months that I have had bad nightmares of the albino twitter bird picking me up and dropping me into a large body of water. Perhaps I’m getting too emotional? …don’t cry, Michael Arrington.
#4 - Giz Lamo. Doesn’t anybody believe in exclusive content anymore? This blog features the same run of the mill lame tech news you can find on any other gadget/tech blog.
This site is basically an Engadget with a different layout – and the layout is lame. I hate it. This site is also a content overload. I’m usually not one to complain about such an informative site, but the new layout and lame information they seem to be posting about lately has me bored.
#5 – Twitter. And I care about “what you are doing,” why?
Yeah, I’m just as guilty as the next guy, but to be completely honest, I’m not sure why I even have a Twitter account. Sure it’s cool to see what people are up to sometimes, but to be completely honest, this whole micro-blogging thing is overrated in my elite opinion. On that same note, Tech Crunch posts discussing micro-blogging are more overrated than micro-blogging itself - and that’s saying something.
(Somebody, please put the Twitter bird out of it’s missery already.)
What say you, dear reader? I’d love to hear if you agree with me, disagree with me, or despise me for this post. Though not expected, I’d especially be interested in your rebuttal, Mr. Arrington.
