Chris Breen:
I admit that seeing my colleagues leave has been a bit like having everyone around you suddenly raptured while you stand gawking with a ham sandwich shoved halfway in your mouth.
But I’m not here to feed Internet tittle-tattle. Rather, as someone who’s been with Macworld (and MacUser before it) for a very long time, I’d like to provide potential employers (and those who are simply interested in their favorite writers) some details about my departed colleagues.
Chris Breen is the only “big name” left at Macworld and his tribute to his former fellow employees is touching. And, having known personally many of the people he writes about, I’d say his assessments are 100% correct.
Are we losing the Macalope? Anybody know?
I’ve spoken to The Macalope and, as he/she is a freelancer, Macworld is keeping he/she on for the time being.
As if being an imaginary creature wasn’t enough, the poor Macalope is also a hermaphrodite?
LOL Well I know who The Macalope is but I didn’t want to leave any gender based breadcrumbs. 🙂
I think you’re safe there: One way or the other, Macalope uses “his” in his/her writing. Just stick with that. 🙂
Example: http://www.macworld.com/article/2604031/last-of-a-genre.html “Allow the Macalope to raise his hoof.”
Edit: Not that I’m trying to TELL you what to do, hehe. The poor imaginary hermaphrodite Macalope was my amusing mental image of the day! 🙂
Ah. I didn’t realize that. I don’t read The Macalope. Not really my kind of thing.
🙂
Class act.
We should all be so talented as any of these spectacular tech journalists. And Chris Breen is certainly first class.
best to all. Let us know where you land. We’ll be there with our eyeballs.
Agreed.
Classy to the end and thankful such talent have found posts elsewhere.
Crazy how one little word whisks us back in time. Upon reading “InformInit” under Dan Frakes I remembered pouring over the trying to find a solution to an extensions conflict; this prior to owning C&G’s Conflict Catcher 🙂
Boy, howdy… that sounds familiar.