Comments on: Engadget

Engadget

Quinn — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:20:38 -0800

Engadget. A new gadgets/technology weblog by the former editor of Gizmodo.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:35:14 -0800

But what, then, of Gizmodo?

By: shoepal

shoepal — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:52:07 -0800

Calacanis must have offered a sweet deal. While I really liked Gizmodo, there was/is really nothing special about it or Engadget for that matter. There really is no barrier (other than time) to a thousand sites popping up with the same sort of content, editorial style and design. Peter got most of his content from 3 or 4 other sites anyway, including I4U. It's a blog eat blog world these days.

By: riffola

riffola — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:54:46 -0800

msippey's thoughts on how he'd run Gizmodo. I just hope Engadget doesn't suffer from the update patterns of Gizmodo.

By: ajpresto

ajpresto — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 06:57:30 -0800

Fixed link from riffola: http://sippey.typepad.com/filtered/2004/03/if_i_ran_gizmod.html

By: riffola

riffola — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 07:13:42 -0800

sorry about that.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 07:30:27 -0800

I'd volunteer to do some of that Gizmodo stuff if the supplemental pay were enough to cover gizmo-purchase-cost. </hint>

By: cedar

cedar — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 07:57:24 -0800

Brownpau, the beauty of these sites is that if you establish a decent user base and suck in some good advertising you don't have to pay for the toys. Companies send you products to 'evaluate', you don't really think the guys at DPreview or Steve actually buy all the cameras they test? Sure, you have to return them, but FedEx is always dropping off something newer and better. It's all about the schwag.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 08:29:22 -0800

AFAICT, Engadget/gizmodo doesn't even review stuff though. It usually just links to product pages at the manufacturers.

By: cedar

cedar — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 09:10:21 -0800

smackfu: Hey, don't be bothering me with no stinking facts!

By: scarabic

scarabic — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 10:35:04 -0800

Well, that explains why Gizmodo has been so thin lately.

By: Quinn

Quinn — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:51:27 -0800

Gizmodo has announced a new editor and a series of guest bloggers.

By: skechada

skechada — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 10:44:19 -0800

Thanks - I visit Gizmodo daily and now will be visiting his new site!