Friday Watch: Technology moves fast but some publishers type slowly
Our good buddy Tom Abate at the SF Chronicle used to cover the tech beat in the early to mid-1990s before switching to biotech. And there was a wonderful billboard, in a very prominent position on highway 101--not far from Oracle's Emerald City--celebrating Tom's talents.
It proclaimed in massive letters:
"Technology moves fast---Tom Abate types faster."
It seems tech isn't moving very fast these days. The publisher of the financial newspaper, The Daily Deal, and the magazine The Deal, recently announced it was launching Tech Confidential. A 32-page preview of the magazine has been produced with the press release saying:
"Tech Confidential is bound with the centerfold of The Deal's November 1 issue...In 2005, Tech Confidential will be published every other month starting in May."
I can't wait.
Tony Perkins, publisher of online magazine AlwaysON (and former publisher of the Red Herring), is also in no hurry to chase down the tech tortoise. He is launching a quarterly print magazine this winter:
"The AlwaysOn magazine will be a regularly-scheduled briefing on innovation in technology and media. The first issue will include breakout interviews with Bill Gates, Michael Powell, Jonathan Schwartz, Stratton Sclavos, and other top industry luminaries."
I can't wait.
