George Ou is saying goodbye to ZDNet, at the behest of ZDNet.
“ZDNet blogs has been my online home since 2004. With the help and a lot of guidance from David Berlind, Stephen Howard-Sarin, and David Grober, I was brought in to the world of blogging and journalism. I enjoyed my work and all the conversations here and I hope you found it informative and entertaining,” George Ou posted this morning to his ZDNet blog.
MacDailyNews Take: Nope. Try deceptive and amateurish:
• ZDNet’s George Ou Exposed as Ignorant Microsoft Shill – RoughlyDrafted
• George Ou’s Greatest Apple Hits! – The Macalope
• George Ou: When Gerbilling isn’t fun enough – Artie MacStrawman’s Apple Orchard
• George Ou’s Bad Idea: Comparing Apple Ads to Nazi Propaganda – Wired
Ou writes, “As of March 26, 2008, I have to say goodbye to ZDNet because of some corporate restructuring. I have no ill will towards any of my managers and I hold no grudges towards the company. This will be my last and final post on ZDNet so farewell my friends.”
Full article here.
Surely some wastewater recovery plant somewhere needs a shit-stirrer.
Badbye, Georgie.
MacDailyNews Note: ZDNet is part of CNET Networks, Inc. The Associated Press reported yesterday, “CNet Networks Inc. says it is laying off 120 employees as part of an effort to streamline the online media company while generating more content for its news and entertainment sites.”
AP reports, “All the layoffs — about 4.4 percent of CNet’s work force — will involve employees in the U.S., according to a document CNet filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.”
Full article here.
This is a great day for Journalistic Integrity.
Okay, George wrote some of the stupidest stuff on his blog. However, I believe it was more out of ignorance and low brain power than malice. So, I feel a little sorry for him.
I’m just laughing because he probably was looking forward to writing about the MBA getting hacked at the SecCanWest conference yesterday, because it was the topic of whether Macs can be hacked where George made himself infamous in the Mac world.
@Mr Reeee & Cubert
Yes, it was the Asteroid lawsuit that I remember him from. I didn’t know much about him before that unfortunate issue, but since then he certainly has and writes with a negative view of Apple. So maybe “Mac-hater” is the wrong description. I will modify it to “Apple-Hater”. But it is sadder than that because O’Grady really wants to love Apple, but cannot because he feels he has been wronged. He’s more of a spurned lover that takes his bitterness public.
@Spark,
Exactly!
@ Cubert
“CNET will never fire Ina Fried. How else can you kill 3 quota birds with one stone (male, female, and somewhere in between).”
Nice. I’m still waiting for my free job.
George Ou? Why the hell didn’t they send Mary Jo Foley packing too. Talk about an ignorant douchebag who has no place working under the guise of a journalist. Surely no other blogger detracts more from the credibility of ZDNet than old Mary Jo.
@CrissyOne,
As a huge Smiths fan, I take no offense at all. I would like to go on the record that The Smiths rock…
And so do you, Ma’am.
Very well done.
~M
I’m thinking of one for Enderle…
Something like There is a Light (but it Never Comes On)
in related news Zune Tang seems to have retired
Re: O’Grady
Likes the products (used to concentrate on them nearly exclusively) but feels that he has been burned by Apple management, so he widened the focus of his efforts to include good stuff from as many companies as possible. Pulls no punches with Apple, but appreciates home run products from them as much as from anybody else.
ChrissyOne
@ Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamster
Best comic book ever.
Better than Reid Fleming: World’s Toughest Milkman?
ChrissyOne
With apologies to Morrissey & The Smiths…
That was awesome… Well Done…
Love the Smiths.