The Macalope Weekly: It's a dirty job
Turns out some people still don’t get why the Macalope does what he does. Is it fun? Usually! Is it a calling? Well, he likes to think so. Is it a sick compulsion? Oh, definitely. But there are some places that should know better than to publish the stuff they do. The New York Times? Get outta here. And lastly, if Dan Lyons is going down, he’s taking the site he’s now editing with him!
How to care for your troll
The perennial argument about trolls and their care and feeding rages on.
Instapaper creator Marco Arment weighs in this time (foul language warning), noting that writing dumb things about Apple appears to be a growth industry.
Apple is popular and the dominant player in many industries, so anything that attacks it will attract attention.
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