TechCrunch Design Saga
UPDATE
Having seen the response in the crunchnotes article from Mr. Arrington, which I previously missed (due to WP’s hidden next previous links) I have decided to pull my article. The real story here isn’t what Mr. Arrington “did’ but the fervor and the anger that this seems to have brought about. While I didn’t agree with the situation as I saw it, I just don’t think the fans need flamed, not when people are making threats and saying what they are. You can dig for the thread on your own.
So my article is gone and now you see a bit of the darkside of open, social media. There is something to be said for leaving yourself and possibly your business interest so exposed. A discussion had out in the open, for all to see has the power to turn smart people into raging lunatics, to create planets out of molehills. Apparently it also has the power of making my words on this modest blog darken someone’s day, for which I’m sorry.
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