I think this is one of those cases that's akin to the famous quote by Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart when he said "I can't define pornography, but I know it when I see it."
I think a lot of people are sick of the crap written on TechCrunch for reasons that are hard to define. Mostly they have turned the innovative process into a form of TMZ, which glamorizes a field that is meant to build things to make lives better. Very few articles have anything to do with companies building these types of innovations, and profits have nothing to do with it. A response might be, well Scientific American writes those stories. Yes, and that's precisely why Scientific American is a respected publication oft-cited by Steve Jobs.
Too many stories on TechCrunch are titled something like "[Insert clever startup name] raises [insert some absurd amount of money] to become the [Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Birchbox] for [Work, Finding a cab, Healthfood]. These stories are ridiculous and cover mostly crap ideas that don't solve any real problems.
I think a lot of people are sick of the crap written on TechCrunch for reasons that are hard to define. Mostly they have turned the innovative process into a form of TMZ, which glamorizes a field that is meant to build things to make lives better. Very few articles have anything to do with companies building these types of innovations, and profits have nothing to do with it. A response might be, well Scientific American writes those stories. Yes, and that's precisely why Scientific American is a respected publication oft-cited by Steve Jobs.
Too many stories on TechCrunch are titled something like "[Insert clever startup name] raises [insert some absurd amount of money] to become the [Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Birchbox] for [Work, Finding a cab, Healthfood]. These stories are ridiculous and cover mostly crap ideas that don't solve any real problems.