That rumor going around today
Well, looks like my man Mike finally found occasion to write about me (little does he know, I’ve spent years plotting my way onto TechCrunch). Granted, I’m not commenting on that (or any) rumors about my career and future, but it’s never a bad thing to have people interested, right? It’s certainly a lot better than the alternative.
What I will say — and it’s the same thing I told Mike earlier today — is that, as I enter my fifth year at Engadget, I’m still totally focused on it, our team, and living up to the enormous level of trust our readers place in us day in and out. (As I’m sure Veronica would tell you, I’m probably actually too focused.) I can also say that I had no idea until today that I owned 39+ domain names, but that’s pretty awesome.
Well, that’s a rather ‘meh’ response, but hey, it’s great to know you’re still very focused on Engadget. I just started following both you and Chris Grant on Twitter today, and then I read the article on Tech Crunch… so it’s been filled with drama from the start!
Keep up the good work at Engadget :) For however much longer you’re there.
Comment by Dustin — Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
Well it’s not a big secret that TechCrunch likes to get the scoop, so most the time when I read stuff, as I’m sure others do, they think twice about the authenticity of the rumor.
Comment by Matt — Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
Keep up the excellent work on the projects you’ve done so far and I wish you the best of luck in your future ventures. The internet is a fun world and you’ve already marked your place in it, now it’s just time to sit back and have some fun.
Comment by Nicholas Mercer — Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
… so, uh, you’re not interested in buying devixe.us from me then? ;-)
Comment by chrisgrant — Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
Dang. So I guess I shouldn’t prepare my Devixe resume. I was just about to send it over.
Comment by adam jackson — Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
All I know is this: if you and/or Peter are behind anything new at all, I’m 100% interested.
Comment by John Bell — Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 6:34 pm
first part sounds like typical corp PR speak/deflection “as i enter…focused on team…trust of our readers” second part is funny…
Comment by pokai — Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 6:42 pm
I heard Michael Arrington Retires today.
Comment by Rob — Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
Will you at least tell us how to correctly pronounce, phonetically spell, “Devixe”?
dee-vill?
dee-vix?
dee-vixy?
Comment by Todd — Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 5:56 am
Like device, or at least that’s what I was thinking when I bought it.
Comment by Ryan Block — Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 8:13 am
Ah, “device” still sounds kinda “gadgety”. Interesting.
I don’t see how you and Peter doing something new and exciting would necessarily translate into you leaving Engadget. That would be like saying Kevin had to leave Digg to do Pownce, or Veronica leaving Tekzilla to do her new PS3 thingy.
Comment by Vance — Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 9:22 am