farewell

The 404 996: Where it's the end of an era (podcast)

It's been an awesome journey with this guy, but we'll send him off with a proper farewell from listeners who have been with us from the beginning.

"Uncle" Henry Tapchus joins us as the chat room liaison to help us screen voice mails and get through Adele's "Someone Like You" with our dignity intact. … Read more

So long, and thanks for all the music

As you may have noted from my final Crave podcast yesterday, it is ever-so-unlike me to oh, say, create a video playlist completely dedicated to me. (Who, me? Self involved? Never!) But, hey--what can I say? Today is my very last day at CNET, and I wanted to give one final bit of love to the company that helped to sprout me from a wet-behind-the-ears 23-year-old straight out of college into the relatively mature and knowledgeable individual I like to pretend I am today. More importantly, I wanted to take a moment to thank you--the readers--for letting my reviews and … Read more

Farewell to Gadgettes

It's a sad day in CNET town, everyone. As many of you might have surmised, we're canceling Gadgettes.

It's been a pretty great 187 episodes, and believe me: this is just about the hardest decision we've ever had to make (maybe even worse than that time we killed Mailbag). It's just that all three of us have literally run out of hours. And, to be frank, those of you who follow Gadgettes are vocal, passionate, and engaged ... but there just aren't very many of you. When something has to go, the numbers don't … Read more

So long, and thanks...

Today will be my last day writing for iPhone Atlas. It's hard to imagine that I've written or contributed to more than 450 posts during my nearly two-year tour of duty with CNET's iPhone Atlas.

I have been serving up news, break fixes, tips, etc. to more users than I ever could have imagined, and I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to do so. I have always been greatly humbled by your reader responses, and I have had an amazing time meeting some really great people along the way.

If you would like to stay … Read more

Leaving Sinobyte

After almost a year covering China's internet and technological scene for the CNET Blog Network here at Sinobyte, it's time for me to say goodbye.

I'm not leaving because lost interest in the topic or in blogging, but rather because my circumstances have changed. My new life as a graduate student made things harder. For one thing, it's difficult to write about Chinese technological and internet developments from the United States. And of course, the demands on my reading time are far greater, leaving less room for the hundreds of RSS and Twitter feeds, as well … Read more

Sounding off on Gates' farewell

One of the best parts of working on the Bill Gates transition stories was checking in with some of the pioneers of our industry.

Although the audio here was part of the reflections package that posted earlier Tuesday, I thought it was worth calling out our files of three luminaries reminiscing about Gates.

Below are the words of Ethernet creator Robert Metcalfe, Lotus founder Mitch Kapor, and VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin.

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Gates 'isn't evil' Ethernet co-inventor Robert Metcalfe heavily criticized Gates in the 1990s on issues of Micrsoft's anticompetitiveness. Yet, he admits he likes Gates, even if … Read more