Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) Joins the Washington Post 232
kodiaktau writes "Slashdot founder and long time cat herder Rob Malda joins the Washington Post per an announcement today. According to the press release, he will be the Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large working for WaPo Labs."
Rob has a more detailed description of the job on his blog: "Don Graham is trying to accomplish something that is a bit of a cliche these days: A startup inside an established corporation. A group that can exist at a nexus between newspapers, websites, cable networks, and TV stations and think about the big picture and the future without the normal burdens associated with a business operating at a large scale. ... They are actively iterating and experimenting in many directions, with strong support from the top of the organization. ... Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli assures me that I'll also be working with the newsroom where I can contribute words, ideas, and tools that will improve the experience of the journalists doing work that I personally believe transcends the bottom line."
CmdrTaco is a hip arbiter of tech trends? (Score:5, Informative)
Didn't he rather famously pan the iPod?
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Re:CmdrTaco is a hip arbiter of tech trends? (Score:5, Informative)
Yes.
http://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod
Re:CmdrTaco is a hip arbiter of tech trends? (Score:5, Informative)
Five years ago:
>> Apple releases iPod
>> Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 23 2001, @01:20PM
>> from the well-thats-not-very-exciting dept.
>> The BrownFury writes "At an invitation only event Apple has released their new MP3 player called the iPod. iPod is the size of a deck of cards. 2.4" wide by 4" tall by .78" thick 6.5 ounces. 5 GB HDD, 10 hr battery life, charged via FireWire. Works as a firewire drive as well. Works in conjunctions with iTunes 2. Here are Live updates".
>> No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
Re:CmdrTaco is a hip arbiter of tech trends? (Score:5, Informative)
Your point? The iPod didn't become popular until the 3rd or 4th Generation models. The first generation was also mac only, and second generation windows support was awful.
A the time, the Creative Nomad Jukebox was selling more units than the iPod, it took several years and several generations before the iPod caught on.
Still with the 'marketing' crap? (Score:4, Informative)
The original iPod could fit in your pocket, the Nomad couldn't. The iPod had a slicker UI and a higher speed link. And a couple years later they integrated it with a slick online music store. That was game over.
But by all means, please continue to believe it was all just 'marketing' while I purchase some more Apple stock.