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One on One: Brian Lam of Gizmodo.com

May 30th 2010 12:23

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It was just last month that Gizmodo.com, the gadget blog, published images of the next-generation iPhone that led to a chain of events that sound more like a soap opera than a gadget story. Since then, Gizmodo has been catapulted into the mainstream media, being discussed on “Good Morning America” and “The Daily Show.”


I talked to Brian Lam, editorial director of Gizmodo, about his love-hate relationship with gadgets and the move from mopping floors in a boxing gym to managing one of the largest gadget blogs on the Web. As the case surrounding the iPhone 4G is entangled in the California legal system, Mr. Lam is legally limited by what he can say about the story. Below is an edited version of our conversation.

Nick Bilton: So how did you become a tech blogger?
Brian Lam: I was working at a boxing gym and one of the members worked at a tech magazine. I asked him one day about working there because I knew I couldn’t get punched in the face for the rest of my life.

What did you do at the boxing gym?
I was mopping the floors and doing some junior boxing training.

Did you want to beat people up for a living?
No. It was during the bubble and there wasn’t much work and it seemed like a fun job. I’ve done exhibition fights, but never fought professionally.

How long ago was this?
Oh, almost 10 years ago.

So you left boxing and went to tech writing?
Yes, I was an intern at Maximum PC, a tech magazine, writing about gadgets and anything related to technology. As an intern I wrote a lot.

Where did you go from there?
I applied for an internship at Wired and they didn’t hire me. So I applied again, and three months later they hired me as an intern. It was total luck that they hired me.

How long were you at Wired?
I was there for two years and then I decided to move to Gawker to work at Gizmodo. But people were confused why I was going over there. They said, “Why are you leaving Wired to go to a blog?”

Was Gizmodo relatively unknown at the time?
Well, not many people knew what it was. The site was getting a little under 10 million page views a month, so it wasn’t huge. But I knew I could experiment and gain more responsibility there. This was in 2006, almost four years ago.

How many page views are you getting a month now?
This past month, with mobile, we were over 220 million page views.

How many employees did you have when you started at Gizmodo?
Two. Well, almost two. I had an intern and Jason Chen, who is still with me today.

What was your first blog post about?
Ha, I can’t really remember. I think it was an intro saying, “Hi, I’m the new babysitter slash janitor here.”

What did you want to do with Gizmodo?
I saw that it could be more geeky and mainstream at the same time. I wanted to add more human-interest angles to the site. Technology was changing, so it wasn’t just for geeks anymore, and I wanted to write about that. Technology blogs were a lot different, even back then, than today.

How has the gadget world changed in the decade?
It might sound crazy, but it’s so difficult to get excited about hardware these days. It’s become about the software now. It’s the same thing that happened to the PCs in the 1980s — you had all these different machines but in the end it fell down to a few platforms and the software.


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The early boxing gym days.Have technology blogs become more respected by the companies you cover?
On one hand Apple and Microsoft recognize the size of our audience, but there are some companies that still think blogs don’t have the same quality of readers as the mainstream. That’s absolutely not true though. They are the same readers.

Gizmodo publishes a lot of photos of unreleased gadgets. Is this new?
We call them “spy shots,” and it’s definitely become more pervasive across the industry. There have always been rumors of gadgets and product launches, but spy shots are everywhere now. Maybe it’s the rise of camera phones, or maybe there are more partnerships, but it seems like every new tech product is prefaced by a spy shot online.

Why do readers obsess over these tiny, grainy, blurry spy shots?
People get excited about these products because they use them every day. Also, a lot of this has been driven by Apple and the secrecy of their products.

What’s in it for the sources who share these images and could lose their jobs?
I’ve often thought about that. From most of our gadget sources, it’s not that they have an ax to grind; they just get so excited about a new product and they want to share it with the world. They are usually just really excited about it.

So did the “spy shot” era play a part in your decision to write about the iPhone 4G?
I can’t get into legal topics on this, obviously, but I knew we had to get it in our hands to see if it was real or not; it could have been an elaborate hoax. People try to send us images of knock-off iPhones from China all the time and tell us they are real Apple prototypes.

Do you have any regrets about the iPhone 4G story?
There were some very contentious internal debates about writing about Gray Powell, who lost the phone. We struggled trying to decide whether to write this story. In the end, it became a story about a guy who made a very normal mistake that we’ve all done before and it added humanity to the entire story of the phone. The phone was just a thing, a simple part of the equation; it was important to show the humanity of it, too. It reminds me of an old set of keys that recently sold at an auction for over $100,000. To some people they just look like keys, but the back story is that they were the keys to a binocular case on the Titanic that a night watchman who was switching shifts forgot to hand to another watchman. They were just keys, but the fact that this simple human mistake played a pivotal role in the Titanic made it a fascinating human interest story.

Why do you think some journalists have been so critical of the iPhone 4G coverage?
I’ve been thinking about it a lot. And I notice it’s usually Apple-only press. I don’t know how they see their jobs, but I think reporters have to be critical of their subjects and hungry for stories that expose the truths that companies may not want in the light of day.

Do you struggle with other stories, too?
Yes, I hate that companies constantly try to force us to buy new products when we don’t need them. Does a TV manufacturer really need to make 30 different size TVs and re-release them every year? It’s unnecessary, wasteful, and I don’t agree with it. I think it’s important for us to cover electronics and call out that it doesn’t make any sense.

What do you when you’re not writing about gadgets?
I love surfing. It’s peaceful. I’d rather be surfing most of the time.

You sound torn about your job.
It’s a love-hate relationship. The more I’m in this game, the more I dislike the materialistic side of things. It really bothers me that people feel like they need to get a new this or that every year, but I love technology. I believe if you cover gadgets and you don’t cover it in the context of life, you’re not doing it right, you’re not offering the right service to the reader.







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New Kindle Expected This Summer, Touch Possible Later

May 30th 2010 12:15

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Amazon could release a new slimmer Kindle in August, Bloomberg News reports, citing “two people familiar with its plans.”

Bloomberg reports that the new Kindle would be thinner than existing models and although the next model would still offer a black and white screen, it would have a sharper and more responsive display.

The Kindle 2 is 0.36 inches thick. The Apple iPad, a rival device, is half an inch thick.

Although Bloomberg said the next Kindle “won’t include a touch screen or color,” a person I’ve spoken with who is familiar with Amazon’s plans but is not authorized to speak publicly said Lab 126, the division of Amazon responsible for the Kindle, is hard at work on multi-touch prototypes for a next-generation e-reader.

As we reported earlier this year, Amazon bought TouchCo, a company in New York that specialized in clear multi-touch overlays for computers and electronic readers.

Rumors that the next iteration of the device will still be black-and-white also might be short-lived. As I reported earlier this year, the Kindle job board had been seeking engineers with an understanding of color LCD displays that could possibly be integrated into the next generation of the Kindle.

In addition, earlier this week, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, told shareholders that a color screen was in the offing. “I’ve seen some stuff in the laboratory, but it’s not quite ready for prime-time production,” Mr. Bezos said.

Competition in the e-reader space has been heating up for the last year and promises to bring even more players fighting for their share. On Thursday Nicholas Negroponte, who started the One Laptop Per Child Project, which hopes to place inexpensive laptops in schools around the world, announced that he was teaming with Marvell, an electronics maker, to create a $75 tablet device that will offer a full computer and e-reading capabilities.

In addition, Google hopes to enter the tablet computing and e-reader market this year, introducing a device that would offer similar capabilities as Apple’s iPad and would most likely run the Android operating system.

It is still unclear if Amazon plans to keep its next-generation Kindle as a device solely for reading, or if it will add computing capabilities to compete with a growing genre of tablet PCs that offer reading, games and full access to the Internet.








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Samsung CLX-3175 Colour Laser Multi-Function

May 30th 2010 12:09

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KODAK EASYSHARE C182 Digital Camera - 12MP, 3x Zoom

May 29th 2010 22:27

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iPad this Father's Day

May 29th 2010 22:17
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Apple new iPhone at June conference?

May 28th 2010 03:49

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A new 12-inch Apple MacBook

May 28th 2010 03:43

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End of Financial Year Deals – 4GB Laptop only $599!!

May 28th 2010 03:27

dell special financial year


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Offers expire soon: laptop for $799

May 26th 2010 07:50

dell deals end soon


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Mac for college plus free iPod

May 26th 2010 07:44

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Suzi Perry wants a 'teleporter'

May 25th 2010 08:38

teleporter what's that?


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BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 mobile

May 25th 2010 08:27

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Asus laptops from Amazon now pre-load Kindle app

May 24th 2010 07:42

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The new HTC wildlfire - just take a look

May 24th 2010 07:36

HTC wildfire mobile


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The fastest adoption of TV technology

May 24th 2010 07:25
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5" GPS with 4GB Video MP3 player built-in $139!

May 24th 2010 07:18

GPS


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4GB Spy camera pen video recorder

May 22nd 2010 08:08
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Prepare to fall in love - Adamo by Dell

May 22nd 2010 08:00


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32" (81 cm) FULL HD 1080P LCD TV

May 20th 2010 10:18
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Apple iPad to hit UK stores

May 20th 2010 05:12

Apple iPad UK


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iPhone 4G discovery

May 20th 2010 04:55

iPhone 4 G


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iPad. A graduation gift unlike any other.

May 19th 2010 05:50

Apple iPad


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Motorola Bluetooth Headset

May 18th 2010 09:01

bluetooth headset


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HURRY 3 DAY SALE ENDS THURSDAY!

May 18th 2010 08:48

dell sale save $$$$


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Samsung BLU-RAY, DVD Burner

May 17th 2010 14:29


Samsung blu-ray combo

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Gaming Subwoofer Speaker System

May 17th 2010 14:22

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Cameras

May 15th 2010 10:43

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Check out Dell's most popular laptops

May 15th 2010 09:28

dell laptops favourites


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20% off Vostro 3500 laptops

May 15th 2010 09:25

vostro laptops save $$$$


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Nokia N8 with video best of the rest

May 9th 2010 08:51
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iTrax Stereo Bluetooth Headset - Mobile Handsfree

May 9th 2010 08:35

bluetooth headset wireless


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Get 15% Off Dell Monitors!

May 9th 2010 08:27

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Rotating Pushup Handles - For the Perfect Pushup Workout

May 7th 2010 10:19
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New technology

May 6th 2010 10:15

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Logitech XBOX 360 Wireless Guitar NOT EVEN $70

May 4th 2010 05:33

Logitech guitar save $$$$


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Energy-efficient LED screens on Dell 15" laptops!

May 4th 2010 05:25

dell LED screens laptops


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Samsung's new cell phone

May 3rd 2010 05:29

Samsung new phones


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Can you fix your gadgets? Yes you can

May 3rd 2010 05:22

fixing gadgets


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OFFERS EXPIRE SOON! $300 CASH OFF VOSTRO SYSTEMS

May 3rd 2010 05:16
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OMNI 40"/101cm Full HD 1080P LCD TV

May 2nd 2010 00:33

OMNI 40


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iPad with Wi-Fi 3G. Available today.

May 1st 2010 03:45

iPad with 3G NOW


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Happy Mother's Day

May 1st 2010 01:06

happy mothers day from Apple


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How about PINK for mother's day

May 1st 2010 00:58

Pink laptop Mother's day


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HP DV6-2113TX Pavilion 15" Notebook

May 1st 2010 00:55

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