Michael Arrington isn't so bad after all

Thu, Jun 22, 2006 @ 9:59 AM - Josh Einstein

I'll admit, in the past, I haven't thought so highly of Michael Arrington from TechCrunch. I guess I had just assumed that because he is constantly reviewing and reporting “Web 2.0” sites that he must be one of the nuts that think that web apps are going to replace desktop apps and that Microsoft is screwed.

But after listening to the latest Gillmor Gang podcast (it's the first one I've ever listened to) I came away with two new points of view:

1. Steve Gillmor is an arrogant jerk who thinks he knows everything. And after reading several of the comments in his past podcasts, apparently lots of people feel this way.
2. Michael Arrington is a lot more in tune with reality than I previously assumed.

Mike comes to Microsoft's defense a few times and on more than one occasion said that web apps are not the solution to everything. He's also pretty realistic about Google and how their “because we can” apps have little real world benefit.

It's really annoying to hear the way Steve constantly interrupts Mike and acts like a baby when people don't agree with him.