These kids with these new found technologies, nothing wrong with chalk, slate and a good old beating with a stiff cane, Then they would learn wouldn’t they…..
Perhaps we should chain them to their desks then they would listen…

He said with no Irony…………

(Playing with my new uber-cool mac)

I’ve experienced the exact same frustration with “journalists” that provide an “overview” and “informed opinion” to their readers regarding a new technology. There have been a number of instances of real hack jobs by journalists that, as you describe, really have no clue regarding the technology about which they’re writing. I think those do need to be highlighted and “called out.”

But, after reading Haimoff’s article, I don’t think she falls into that category. She concludes with what I read as a somewhat positive spin on social communication technologies – Facebook or otherwise:

And it turns out that reading that my business partner Dave is watching the largest raindrops he’s ever seen fall out of the sky, or that my friend’s little sister is excited about seeing her boyfriend tomorrow, or that my college roommate is reevaluating life makes me feel less alone too. Even if just for an Internet minute.

The way the article ends, to me seems to suggest that readers that question technologies like Twitter or Facebook – the notion of posting status messages of what you’re doing at the moment – should perhaps think twice. She did.