Comments on: Follow-up on Mossberg interaction

By: Derek Reiff

Derek Reiff — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:29:55 +0000

Good points Iggy; and way to go with ‘correction’ Brandon.. And thanks again for Start++.. Love it, but haven’t yet made it ‘second nature.’

Anyway, peace.

By: Iggy

Iggy — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:15:44 +0000

Pointless flame war? I think not. Traditional media is always screaming how they are held accountable and the internet is the wild wild west. Yet when someone politely ask for that accountability the so called professionals are always talking about. That person gets berated. Someone was either having a bad day or is just an all around jerk. Either way Walt Mossberg didn’t leave his ego at the door. Obviously unlike what we see online none of this mans peers are going to hold him accountable for his bad behavior. If people are willing to stop reading here because someone wants to take up the good fight. Then in my opinion they aren’t worth having around to begin with.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:36:00 +0000

Well, in Walt’s article it does say that the apple tv does store stuff and somehow syncs stuff that is on one computer on the apple tv hard drive – so i think thats what he was focusing on..

But its ironic that he attacks you for not reading his whole article – when its obvious that he didnt read your entire email. If he did he would have answered your question! I’ll tell you one thing – I’ve lost alot of respect for him after that attack on you. There is no reason why he should treat ANY of his readers that way, especially since you were asking a very simple question, it says alot about his character and I think he’s getting too big for his britches (heaven forbid someone correct Walt Mossburg! He knows everything!).

I’ve never liked Walt’s reviews, I think that his ego is getting too big and hes being portrayed as some “Computer Reviewer God” when there are PLENTY of other reviewing sources who I think give a more unbiased review, and I’d trust their reviews more than him – CNet Reviews, 90% of the bloggers out there – he only got lucky cause hes being published in the Wall Street Journal. David Pogue is a MUCH better reviewer, and I’ve emailed him a few times to point out some factual errors he made in his articles, and he always responded politely and thanking me for pointing out his mistakes.

By: The Geek

The Geek — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:30:35 +0000

Engaging in pointless flame wars probably isn’t helpful to the growth of your blog, even if you are right.

I’m a big fan of the Start++ project, keep up the good work.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:54:42 +0000

David Pogue’s review of the Apple TV – far more open-minded I think: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/technology/22pogue.htm

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:21:02 +0000

Yeah, I don’t use WiFi with my 360 (doesn’t work well enough to stream HD in my house).

The 360 lets you connect to however many PCs are on your network, although it’s optimized for one (since it remembers your selection and connects faster). I think the main limit in either case is really the limit imposed by the service you’re using to acquire your media.

By: Anton

Anton — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:00:24 +0000

I really don’t think the wi-fi is that big of a selling point anyway, his own article states that it can take hours to transfer large videos. A problem you don’t have to worry about if your 360 is hooked to a gigabit lan.

I havn’t checked, but is there a limit to how many devices a 360 can stream from?

By: Mike Torres

Mike Torres — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:42:31 +0000

He’s the one who overreacted. No question. You’re about as nice as they come

By: Artie Kay

Artie Kay — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:39:18 +0000

I read it thusly. You assumed he made a math error and asked for clarification. He flamed you, then later attacked you like you’d claimed his was on the grassy knoll.

What ironic is he gives the clarification you asked for, in your blog post only. You weren’t the only one confused about the math.