Comments on: Jerks At Gizmodo: Way Uncool http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lim http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-30534 Lim Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:39:22 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-30534 I'm an avid Gizmodo reader and also a fan of your side. Sad to hear about the illegality of the content posted. That is definitely not on since they themselves preach legal content distribution. However with regards to the non-interactivity of the post that's just how they post sometimes. It is also pretty standard that they have the source of their content at the end of the post. In fact that's what led me back to your original post. So if you are a Gizmodo reader then I think it's not a big thing. The legal side of things still is though. Shame on them. I agree with you...it does make me wonder what other content that I'm looking at on Gizmodo that is illegal. Good on you for calling them out on it. And shame on them for being rather uncortious...which is another thing they preach. Looks like they need a refresher course in online ethics. I’m an avid Gizmodo reader and also a fan of your side. Sad to hear about the illegality of the content posted. That is definitely not on since they themselves preach legal content distribution.

However with regards to the non-interactivity of the post that’s just how they post sometimes. It is also pretty standard that they have the source of their content at the end of the post. In fact that’s what led me back to your original post. So if you are a Gizmodo reader then I think it’s not a big thing.

The legal side of things still is though. Shame on them. I agree with you…it does make me wonder what other content that I’m looking at on Gizmodo that is illegal. Good on you for calling them out on it. And shame on them for being rather uncortious…which is another thing they preach. Looks like they need a refresher course in online ethics.

]]> By: Greg Wellman http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26825 Greg Wellman Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:00:28 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26825 Jeffrey: One slightly off-topic but perhaps important comment... You use the word "ingenuous" in your post when describing the work of Ms. Oelund. I believe you mean "ingenious." The word ingenuous has an altogether <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingenuously" rel="nofollow">different meaning</a>, which you probably don't intend. <span class='jfriedl'>Doh, fixed, thanks. Sadly, the spellchecker doesn't help fix words that are misused, not misspelled. Thanks. —Jeffrey</span> Sorry you had trouble out of Gizmodo. I read one of their sister blogs, but left Gizmodo over the general lewdness. Keep up the interesting stuff... :-) Jeffrey:

One slightly off-topic but perhaps important comment… You use the word “ingenuous” in your post when describing the work of Ms. Oelund. I believe you mean “ingenious.” The word ingenuous has an altogether different meaning, which you probably don’t intend.

Doh, fixed, thanks. Sadly, the spellchecker doesn’t help fix words that are misused, not misspelled. Thanks. —Jeffrey

Sorry you had trouble out of Gizmodo. I read one of their sister blogs, but left Gizmodo over the general lewdness.

Keep up the interesting stuff… :-)

]]> By: Zak http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26659 Zak Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:06:03 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26659 That is indeed illegal, and, even worse, impolite. The lack of anything like a graceful response puts a nail in the coffin, as it were. I also have never seen the appeal of Gizmodo or Engadget. As a gadget-freak 35-year old with disposable income, I think I'm their target audience, but all their posts just seem shallow. If I want info about cameras, I'll go to a camera site; if I want info about audio equipment, I'll go to an audio site, etc. That is indeed illegal, and, even worse, impolite. The lack of anything like a graceful response puts a nail in the coffin, as it were. I also have never seen the appeal of Gizmodo or Engadget. As a gadget-freak 35-year old with disposable income, I think I’m their target audience, but all their posts just seem shallow. If I want info about cameras, I’ll go to a camera site; if I want info about audio equipment, I’ll go to an audio site, etc.

]]> By: Kevin Mullins http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26631 Kevin Mullins Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:51:39 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26631 Man that is poor show from Gizmodo - copyright issues plague the industry and an org like that should be helping to fight that plague, not fan the flames! Man that is poor show from Gizmodo – copyright issues plague the industry and an org like that should be helping to fight that plague, not fan the flames!

]]> By: E.Sarmas http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26610 E.Sarmas Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:42:58 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26610 Hi, I do not follow gizmodo. Never impressed me and if you see that they have just ~3900 members, maybe they wanted to improve their statistics. Their action is of course despisable. Asking for permsission to copy/use another person's work and always providing credits is the not just proper ethics but mandatory when it is for public use. Regards, E.Sarmas <span class='jfriedl'>Thanks for the words of support, but I must clarify that their post did include a link to my post, burred at the end among some cryptic other links of dubious relevance. They became aware of my original post because they read about it somewhere, and the link to that "<i>hey, this is cool, check it out</i>" reference was placed ahead of the link to my post (and IIRC, the link to my post was titled simply "regex"). Lame. —Jeffrey</span> Hi,

I do not follow gizmodo. Never impressed me and if you see that they have just ~3900 members, maybe they wanted to improve their statistics.

Their action is of course despisable. Asking for permsission to copy/use another
person’s work and always providing credits is the not just proper ethics but mandatory
when it is for public use.

Regards,

E.Sarmas

Thanks for the words of support, but I must clarify that their post did include a link to my post, burred at the end among some cryptic other links of dubious relevance. They became aware of my original post because they read about it somewhere, and the link to that “hey, this is cool, check it out” reference was placed ahead of the link to my post (and IIRC, the link to my post was titled simply “regex”). Lame. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Arnaud http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26609 Arnaud Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:33:18 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-11-13/995#comment-26609 This is indeed very uncool. Your posts are well written and interesting, what they did was not smart. This is indeed very uncool. Your posts are well written and interesting, what they did was not smart.

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