About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
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Bad Tech Journalism Archive
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No, the Internet does not help build democracies
Posted on May 1, 2010 | 1 CommentI don’t know if Barrett Sheridan wrote his Newsweek piece, “The Internet Helps Build Democracies” in response to or independent of Evgeny Morozov’s recent piece in Foreign Policy (Think Again: The Internet ; May/June 2010). Still, it sort of amazes me that this techno-utopianism (or... -
Geography matters in Silicon Valley. Um, duh?
Posted on December 20, 2007 | No CommentsNo offense to Steve Lohr, but I’m not really sure what the point of his piece in today’s Times “Silicon Valley Shaped by Technology and Traffic” was. As far as I can tell, the main message is “geography matters.” Is this news to anyone, in... -
The Daily Northwestern Just Discovered Evite?
Posted on April 10, 2006 | 1 CommentThe Daily Northwestern: “Eviting†is a rising trend on Northwestern’s campus that has become a common term among students. The site — www.evite.com — was originally intended as a corporate tool, first popular with the “Silicon Valley techie circle,†said Heather Soule, the company’s public... -
Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious
Posted on December 27, 2005 | No CommentsAlright, alright, so I’m a little slow on the Chronicles of Narnia SNL rap. But it’s damn great. Now children, as an excercise, let’s compare blog/media coverage of this event: NYT: Publication Date: December 27, 2005 Summary: Two white guys create the startup version of... -
USA Today should stick to its colorful pie charts
Posted on December 22, 2005 | 1 CommentKevin Maney’s Predictions for 2006 (USA Today): This piece is just plain bad on so many levels. Here goes. “Cellphone cameras will actually become useful.” Wrong. First, I disagree with the premise that people want a camera on their phone. Yes, you can do it... -
Dear NYT: We know what podcasting is, thanks.
Posted on October 29, 2005 | No CommentsThe FOURTH NYT article about podcasting, almost to the day of the first one that I wrote? What is going on with the NYT’s tech coverage? (Previous post on this from May 11, 2005.) -
Fuck Space.
Posted on September 28, 2005 | No CommentsInfoWeek: Q: Will there be an acquisition in the security space? ELLISON: Sure, it’s possible. ARGH! I hate the use of the word “space” in business/technology journalism. It’s so meaningless. What’s wrong with these other possibilities? Will there be a security acquisition? Will there be... -
Peter Rojas is my hero
Posted on July 28, 2005 | No CommentsEngadget: Gotta love how TechWeb can publish two stories about the Tablet PC with completely conflicting headlines within hours of each other. Better still, both have the same source, namely a research firm called In-Stat. One article focused on In-StatÕs recent report about the state... -
Eat that, AP!
Posted on July 7, 2005 | 2 CommentsWow, I scooped the AP by more than six months. w00t! -
“I’ve wiped the Internet!?!? I don’t even have a modem!”
Posted on June 27, 2005 | No CommentsVia Boing Boing: CNN: (CNN) — In 1994, people had to call the bank to check their balances. Or inquire in person, or wait for a paper statement to arrive in the mail. Baseball box scores were found in the newspaper. Weather forecasts came over...
