Ryan Block on the jaded, cynical portion of the tech press that can’t see beyond its own nose:
So now you’re starting to see why it’s almost impossible for there to be a whole lot of novelty. Is it any wonder why the next best selling device is such a snore when you’re a technology critic looking at your 400th cellphone this year?
It’s exactly in this way that mainstream consumers see things in ways that technology enthusiasts often don’t, or can’t.
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Expecting every single product to be utterly exciting is bullshit. Ask: it a great product?
Zoom out. Stop staring at our beautifully laid out product spec pages for a second. Is it a great product?
