The author did their best to pad the piece up to length by doing the least amount of work possible - interview immediate family and the "standout names" who responded in a timely manner - and then that's it. On to the next one.
-Henry On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 at 16:15, Wayne S <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to respectfully disagree. > This is an obituary for a person who has died, which is not a complete > history of his life. The articles are rather lengthy, for an obituary in a > major newspaper where space is limited. I think the author did do some > rather deep investigation. He did talk to Ward Christiansen‘s brother for > remembrances and information. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 23, 2024, at 13:09, Henry Bent via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 at 16:00, Fred Cisin via cctalk < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >>> On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, Robert Feldman via cctalk wrote: > >>> > >>> Ward Christensen, Early Visionary of Social Media, Dies at 78 > >>> > >>> > >> > https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/technology/ward-christensen-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UU4.nswM.540OUXuySX84&smid=url-share > >> > >> Thank you for sharing that. > >> > >> > >> The author, presumably a heavy Reddit, TikTok and Facebook user, seemed > to > >> have never heard about existence of computers before internet, nor about > >> any computer to computer connections other than internet. He does not > >> seem to know about anything except CBBS,and that solely because it > >> "resembles Facebook". > >> > > > > I cannot help but agree. This is a piece written by someone who is > clearly > > unfamiliar with any sort of computer networking before the '90s, and they > > were obviously not willing to do any sort of research into contemporary > (in > > the '70s) computer culture either from a business or hobbyist > perspective. > > I suppose that I might have expected something more of a very high > profile > > newspaper, but at the same time I'm sure this is a "drive-by" piece for > the > > author - checks all the boxes, fulfills all of the requirements that > might > > be asked of the dilettante readership, and it's on to the next surface > > level treatment of someone who probably made a real impact. > > > > -Henry >
