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The style of the book is informal, and in the first chapter cringley claims that he is not a. Big blue, as the company is known, tends to rely for its success on magical thinking but that magic ran out a long time ago. May not actually own the name cringely though, infoworld does. Robert cringely wrote an outstanding book with wit, clarity and.
Infoworld, and worth, written many opeds for the new york times, two bestselling books and several tv documentaries for pbs that have aired in more than. A savvy observers witty, wideranging audit of the personal computer industrys ragtag roots, disorderly albeit dramatic growth, and competitive future. He is a writer, known for the triumph of the nerds. Cringely is the pen name of both technology journalist mark stephens and a string of writers for a column in infoworld, the onetime weekly computer trade newspaper published by idg infoworld. While infoworld columnist cringely focuses on silicon valley, he covers the pc waterfront, from armonk home base for ibm to the seattle suburbs where microsoft is headquartered, with stops along the way in houston compaq and elsewhere. He is also the author of the bestselling book accidental empires.
Cringely has been covering the foibles and follies of silicon valley since 1986, and writes infoworld s notes from the field blog. The company got in trouble back in the 1990s and had to hire for the first time an outside ceo, lou ge. A few days ago i tweeted something and a reader reacted, saying about cringely, i thought he was dead. Robert x cringely speakers bureau and booking agent info.
Accidental empires by robert cringely, released in 1992, tells the story of an insiders view of the rise of the personal computing era. For cringely is a pseudonym used in the column notes from the field, which has appeared in infoworld. Cringely reveals the manias and foibles of these men they are. Robert x cringely knows his stuff or should i say, they know their stuff. Join facebook to connect with michael sochor and others you may know. Robert cringely is a columnist for infoworld, a weekly computer magazine read by more than 500,000 people worldwide. Cringely notes from the field column as a blog, written by technology journalist daniel tynan until august 3, 2015. The original column, the first computer gossip column, was started by mark garetz and called according to garetz. Accidental empires by robert cringely, released in 1992, tells the story of an. View robert xavier cringely s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Stephens inherited the job as writer of the column in the mid80s. Empires tv movie documentary book accidental empires screenplay.
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A gossip column in the computer trade magazine infoworld gave birth to the pseudonym robert x. An early employee of iconic companies including apple and adobe systems, cringely began his career as an engineer then transitioned into reporting and analysis, first at infoworld and since 1997 as one of the first internet bloggers, first at and now at cringely. Biography mark stephens was born in 1953, in apple creek, ohio. He was the third cringely at infoworld, where there have been at least 10. Cringely wrote the notes from the field column in infoworld, a weekly computer trade newspaper. Cringely, who writes a delightful gossip column called notes from the field for the weekly computer tabloid infoworld.
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Cringelys name is on every enemys list in silicon valley, where for eight. Cringely and the public broadcasting service told viewers a lot about. Robert cringely speakers bureau and booking agent info. Cringely, infoworld s industry column was written by a man named john dvorak. Cringely was born on january 28, 1953 in apple creek, ohio, usa as mark channing stephens. Controversy in 1998, it was revealed by laura evenson, san francisco chronicle, november 11, 1998, by. Not dead yet, but i should probably explain my disappearance a few months ago from life in print.
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