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Hello Again
Back in early 2016, as an experiment, I redirected the Technologizer.com homepage to my Flipboard magazine. The goal was to have something called Technologizer that I could update easily without...
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It’s 2018. Maybe Technologizer Should Be a Newsletter
Next month, it will have been a decade since I started Technologizer, a blog which later became part of TIME but has been largely dormant since I joined Fast Company. The whole notion of a “tech blog”...
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The End of Computer Magazines in America
The April issues of Maximum PC and MacLife are currently on sale at a newsstand near you—assuming there is a newsstand near you. They’re the last print issues of these two venerable computer...
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A Master Course in Computer Magazine Ad Salesmanship Circa 1996
When I wrote my rumination on the end of computer magazines in America a couple of weeks ago, I suspected that other people would care about the sad death of a once-mighty medium. But I wouldn’t have...
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For your eyes only, my unedited 2013 TIME Magazine story about Evernote
I took this photo in 2018, back when there was still an Evernote building in Redwood City that reminded people of the brand every time they drove past it on Highway 101. 2023 author’s note: With the...
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Here’s my unpublished TIME story about Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Surface from...
A photo I took of chalk art outside the Hollywood venue where Microsoft announced the Surface tablet on June 18, 2012. 2023 author’s note: Over at Fast Company, you can read my new cover story on Satya...
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A 1983 look at the computer magazine wars
First, an apology: I’m sorry I haven’t acknowledged the 40th anniversary of PC World. I feel slightly less guilty since—as far as I know—even PC World itself has not celebrated the 40th anniversary of...
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My Semi-Infamous 2013 TIME Cover Story: ‘Can Google Solve Death?’
Facebook’s “memories” feature recently reminded me of the tenth anniversary of a small personal milestone I hadn’t thought much about in recent years. The September 30, 2013 issue of TIME...
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The Inside Story of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld’s Origins, as Told by...
David Bunnell in PC World‘s office in 1984 Introduction by Harry: David Bunnell (1947-2016) didn’t create the idea of computer magazines. But he may have done more than anyone to turn them into a big...
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More Computer Magazine Lore: A 1983 Nastygram from Wayne Green
Consider this post a piece of bonus material for David Bunnell’s book proposal about his career in tech publishing up to the early 1990s, which I posted yesterday. Another computer magazine tycoon,...
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