http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/ Internet news and commentary Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/#comment-576531 OMG I Agree with Nick Denton - Profy.Com Thu, 08 May 2008 16:44:04 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/#comment-576531 [...] I have a love-hate relationship with the Gawker properties. I find most of the blogs in the network witty and a welcome respite from the constant regurgitation of the same old news items that I end up reading most of the day, but at the same time, as with the CES incident, I do think that they often cross the line. [...] [...] I have a love-hate relationship with the Gawker properties. I find most of the blogs in the network witty and a welcome respite from the constant regurgitation of the same old news items that I end up reading most of the day, but at the same time, as with the CES incident, I do think that they often cross the line. [...]

]]> http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/#comment-157461 Leslie Poston Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:05:37 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/#comment-157461 I agree wholeheartedly. At first I thought the prank was funny, but then when details came out about the way they disrupted the working portion of the conference and made the presenters lives so much harder? Not only not funny, not professional. I agree wholeheartedly. At first I thought the prank was funny, but then when details came out about the way they disrupted the working portion of the conference and made the presenters lives so much harder? Not only not funny, not professional.

]]> http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/#comment-156021 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:36:37 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/#comment-156021 Steve, you hit the nail on the head. The fact that Gizmodo is such an established tech blog makes it 10x worse, in my book. If it was a rogue blogger, then that would be one thing, but then state that. Fire the blogger. Apologize for it. I wonder if there will be any immediate ramifications. The countdown is ticking for the MacWorld keynote. Steve, you hit the nail on the head. The fact that Gizmodo is such an established tech blog makes it 10x worse, in my book. If it was a rogue blogger, then that would be one thing, but then state that. Fire the blogger. Apologize for it. I wonder if there will be any immediate ramifications. The countdown is ticking for the MacWorld keynote.

]]> http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/#comment-156011 HMTKSteve Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:31:10 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/01/13/ces-prank-and-blogging/#comment-156011 I might expect something like this from a no-name blogger but, Gizmodo? Man, if the top of food chain pulls this sort of thing how will the rest of us be treated next time around? I might expect something like this from a no-name blogger but, Gizmodo? Man, if the top of food chain pulls this sort of thing how will the rest of us be treated next time around?

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