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| Thread ID: 80169 | 2007-06-13 21:18:00 | Who fired the PCWorld editor? | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 558868 | 2007-06-14 02:04:00 | Well, I'm a sarcastic kind of guy I spose. Bruce loves it. As for my grammar, I have a pretty good grasp of the English language though getting things grammatically correct has never been a strong point. My old English teachers will tell you as much. Instead I focus on my strong points (I like to think I do a good job of telling you guys how good or bad a product is in an easy to understand manner) and let other people straighten out my England. Occasionally though, errors slip through. In this instance my feature arrived late on the sub-editors desk and the poor things had only a fraction of time they usually do to beat my semi-coherent ramblings into shape. That's not an excuse, believe me, when we find errors in our mag no one is more upset than ourselves. The most important thing to remember here however is that I want one of those Zen Vision thingys. They're luverly. |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
| 558869 | 2007-06-14 02:21:00 | I find PCW less and less useful as time goes on, but I'm not planning on cancelling my subscription any time soon. Thank heavens PF1 is here for quality advice from people who know how computers work. Same here. Greg, thanks for posting this. Within a few minutes of first reading this month's PCW I also found numerous typos and wondered what happened to the editing checks. |
Morpheus1 (186) | ||
| 558870 | 2007-06-14 03:13:00 | The most important thing to remember here however is that I want one of those Zen Vision thingys. They're luverly. We have one! :p :D | Greg (193) | ||
| 558871 | 2007-06-14 03:13:00 | Well, I'm a sarcastic kind of guy I spose. Bruce loves it. As for my grammar, I have a pretty good grasp of the English language though getting things grammatically correct has never been a strong point. My old English teachers will tell you as much. Instead I focus on my strong points (I like to think I do a good job of telling you guys how good or bad a product is in an easy to understand manner) and let other people straighten out my England. Occasionally though, errors slip through. In this instance my feature arrived late on the sub-editors desk and the poor things had only a fraction of time they usually do to beat my semi-coherent ramblings into shape. That's not an excuse, believe me, when we find errors in our mag no one is more upset than ourselves.] The most important thing to remember here however is that I want one of those Zen Vision thingys. They're luverly. I do not how you straighten out your England. Draw a square or parallel map and use photoshop? Gee what happened to Cornwall? Or the bump at the top which still is Scotland? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 558872 | 2007-06-14 03:33:00 | I do not how you straighten out your England. Draw a square or parallel map and use photoshop? Gee what happened to Cornwall? Or the bump at the top which still is Scotland? Teach 'em how to play rugby pr'haps...;) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 558873 | 2007-06-14 03:34:00 | Well, I'm a sarcastic kind of guy I spose. Bruce loves it.Not surprising. Bruce has the coolest dry, wry sense of humour. :thumbs: | Greg (193) | ||
| 558874 | 2007-06-14 04:52:00 | . . . no less than three grammatical errors . . . " . . . no fewer than . . . ", surely, if you are being grammatical? | Graham L (2) | ||
| 558875 | 2007-06-14 05:26:00 | What typos? Show me a typo! | Dumb Terminal (12079) | ||
| 558876 | 2007-06-14 05:52:00 | Perhaps you're just getting smarter and smarter with each passing day . . . Thanks for the compliment (I think?) Scott, but that was a serious observation I was making . There is less depth in the articles and reviews now, and I only have to look back in my mag archive (I never throw them or the cover CDs away) to see how far the emphasis has shifted . For example, not that many years ago there was a monthly feature of hot computers built by the various companies, each striving to set a new benchmark . IIRC, no mass produced computer ever made it into the top 10, but now we see virtually nothing in the way of non-mass produced systems, but plenty of "once over lightly" reviews of various components . I am not advocating a return to those features, time has moved on, but what of depth is replacing them to draw new readers in and keep the loyal subscribers committed? To a long-standing subscriber the dumbing-down really shows Scott, and although much of the changes may be driven by economics, the Mag is moving ever closer to catering to the lowest common denominator . Even the Press F1 page doesn't seem to feature real questions and answers culled from the online forum any more . Fairfax hasn't exactly set the world on fire either, and shifting features that were actually important to readers (like Dumb Terminal) to on-line only sends a not-so-subtle message to readers that it's not about us at all . As any married man or parent with children will know, it's the little things that count, like being seen to listen, even if you are not always able to say yes, and doing what you can, however little that may be, to show that you were listening and did take notice when you sense that a palace revolution may be in the wings . Cheers Billy 8-{) :2cents: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 558877 | 2007-06-14 07:01:00 | I would like to second what Billy just said. Have you guys looked at the 'workshop' section at the back of APC? That is the sort of thing that would make the mag much more worthwhile, at least for me. Also dumb terminal. :rolleyes: | Erayd (23) | ||
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