John, “Cringely” has an amusing article, but it flies in the face of the experience of anyone working on the cutting edge. If you’re truly doing interesting research, than the majority of it IS going to fail and die. My experience? A couple of years at HP Labs, where management DIDN’T keep this basic dictum in mind and so we didn’t actually do much on the cutting edge…
John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »
Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.
12:58 AM: Breakfast: Two schools of fish from Tokyo Bay. Calories: 782,000. How I was feeling when I ate this: confused, irradiated, hating my size. 11:37 AM: Exercise: “Taxi Stomp” (alternating legs, for 30 blocks). Calories burned: 148,900,183.
1983. The Beatles announce their first tour in thirteen years, but likewise announce that Michael Jackson will be going on tour with them as a one gigantic mega-concert event.
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wow, that is one long title!
Posted by thomashan at May 28th, 2007 at 9:02 amJohn, “Cringely” has an amusing article, but it flies in the face of the experience of anyone working on the cutting edge. If you’re truly doing interesting research, than the majority of it IS going to fail and die. My experience? A couple of years at HP Labs, where management DIDN’T keep this basic dictum in mind and so we didn’t actually do much on the cutting edge…
Posted by Dave Taylor at May 29th, 2007 at 8:27 am