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Dueling Tech Columnists - Pogue vs. Mossberg

It's Thursday, and that means both the Times and Journal have their techie hats on. The recently downsized (it's happening everywhere) Circuits section features the columns of David Pogue, and the Journal's Personal Technology column is written as always by Walter Mossberg. Today they're both reviewing the Samsung Q1, the first Windows Ultra-mobile PC (fka Origami).

So who's better? Pogue is funnier, and his video columns are quite entertaining (find some here) on uniting Mac and Windows, pre-Boot Camp). Mossberg is more businesslike. They both take things from the layman's perspective (though as laymen they're very experienced). Pogue has a blog, which I find a bit light (much of the material is contributed by readers).


Their newspapers feature them prominently. Mossberg also does the Tech Q&A column and has a regular feature entitled "The Mossberg Solution" in the Personal Journal section. They are both valuable brands for their newspapers. (I read somewhere, and I'll be damned if I can find the reference, that Mossberg is one of the highest-paid employees at the Journal. That says something about the economic value of features vs. news, doesn't it?)

If I have to pick one, it's Mossberg. The tiebreaker is his yearly home PC buyer's guide. That's the single most valuable column I read in a year.

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posted by Unknown @ 5/04/2006 09:13:00 AM