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	Phil's Blogservations Sunday, October 17, 2004 Posted by philgomes 11:00 PM I Hate To Break It To The Gadget Blogs, But... I Hate To Break It To The Gadget Blogs, But... ...The New York Times' "Circuits" section just really isn't written for you guys. Yes, I know we gear-heads were way ahead of the curve on gadget miniaturization, USB drives, and the "shuffle" function on our MP3 players, but I really don't think we're the demographic that "Circuits" considers its true audience. Didn't the first USB drives years ago only contain 16MB or less and cost $75-to-$100 or more? Does that really belong in the "Circuits" section? And well-intentioned tries at ultra-small PCs like the OQO have been around for a while, though not nearly so elegantly designed. Are "Circuits" readers going to want to learn about every single mini-PC attempt from every single five-employee, family-run operation based out of southeast Asia? Anyway... "Circuits"-baiting totally misses the point. Compared to what a true enthusiast cares about, a national paper needs to go a mile wide and an inch deep to satisfy its broad audience and the advertisers that wish to get in front of them. Bloggers, newsletter writers, and other micro-media can (and must!) go a mile deep and an inch wide because that's what their audiences demand. Just concentrate on the gadgets. Please. That's why I'm pulling an RSS-feed-per-hour out of each of you. HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.