Comments on: PC World – Editor in Chief Harry McCracken Returns to PC World http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/05/pc-world-editor-in-chief-harry-mccracken-returns-to-pc-world/ Commentary on media, technology, marketing and clamming strategies Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Forbes http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2007/05/pc-world-editor-in-chief-harry-mccracken-returns-to-pc-world/comment-page-1/#comment-105057 Jim Forbes Thu, 10 May 2007 01:27:21 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=1170#comment-105057 Jesus, I"m laughing so hard milk is squirting out my nose. So Colin gets sent back down to the minors? What this really says is even more telling, I believe. It's an indication that IDG still doesn't know what to do about online. If they did, they would have hired a front runner, not a demoted shyteweasel, This makes me want to weep for IDG's online dreams and leads me to believe that InfoWorld will not last very long, which is what I've been afraid of all alongh. Organizationally, IDG swings between new strategic interests. One week it's China, the next its online. This says a lot about the lack of a central vision and any plan to achieve that visiion. As I predicted in a letter to Mr. Crawford, he would lose his battle and Apple would end up leaving him hugely pregnant at the wedding alter. Sycophants most always lose in this world. Hurray for Harry. Jim Jesus, I”m laughing so hard milk is squirting out my nose.

So Colin gets sent back down to the minors?

What this really says is even more telling, I believe. It’s an indication that IDG still doesn’t know what to do about online. If they did, they would have hired a front runner, not a demoted shyteweasel,
This makes me want to weep for IDG’s online dreams and leads me to believe that InfoWorld will not last very long, which is what I’ve been afraid of all alongh.
Organizationally, IDG swings between new strategic interests. One week it’s China, the next its online. This says a lot about the lack of a central vision and any plan to achieve that visiion.
As I predicted in a letter to Mr. Crawford, he would lose his battle and Apple would end up leaving him hugely pregnant at the wedding alter.
Sycophants most always lose in this world.
Hurray for Harry.

Jim

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