Comments on: The PSFK Editorial Policy http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:23:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Floyd Hayes http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11105 Floyd Hayes Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:43:04 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html#comment-11105 Well said GreenGiant I was involved (albeit as a child) with the 80's green movements due to my upbringing. The sanctimonious, 'holier than thou' attitude that seemed to become the soul of the movement really turned me off as I hit my teens. It's only lately I realized you can't pander to that attitude - all you can do is be as considerate as possible and try your best to make things better for yourself and those around you. I feel this is what PSFK does admirably. Well said GreenGiant

I was involved (albeit as a child) with the 80’s green movements due to my upbringing. The sanctimonious, ‘holier than thou’ attitude that seemed to become the soul of the movement really turned me off as I hit my teens.

It’s only lately I realized you can’t pander to that attitude – all you can do is be as considerate as possible and try your best to make things better for yourself and those around you.

I feel this is what PSFK does admirably.

]]> By: Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11085 Piers Fawkes Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:02:23 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html#comment-11085 However people want to interpret 'ours'. However people want to interpret ‘ours’.

]]> By: josh Spear http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11081 josh Spear Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:19:19 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html#comment-11081 "It’s our site, not yours." Surely you don't mean that how many will interpret it Piers. Without your readers, you'd be nowhere fast. “It’s our site, not yours.”

Surely you don’t mean that how many will interpret it Piers.

Without your readers, you’d be nowhere fast.

]]> By: David http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11076 David Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:19:58 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html#comment-11076 What can you say? You cannot please everyone. Nor should you try. Some posts are just meant to make people think and then act. Not just act. What can you say? You cannot please everyone. Nor should you try. Some posts are just meant to make people think and then act. Not just act.

]]> By: GreenGiant http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11070 GreenGiant Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:51:50 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html#comment-11070 Great post, Piers. But trying to please green fascists is an exercise in banging your head against the wall. They are divorced form reality and will never be satisfied. Never. Progress will come from forward thinkers who can integrate technology, reforms, change, and the way real people actually live. If greenies continue to get so wrapped up in radical perfection, the green movement will quickly lose the prominence it has recently gained. Great post, Piers. But trying to please green fascists is an exercise in banging your head against the wall. They are divorced form reality and will never be satisfied. Never. Progress will come from forward thinkers who can integrate technology, reforms, change, and the way real people actually live. If greenies continue to get so wrapped up in radical perfection, the green movement will quickly lose the prominence it has recently gained.

]]> By: Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11069 Piers Fawkes Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:49:35 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html#comment-11069 A) I shouldn't have used motorola as an example - it was open to attack. B) We're not journalists. we're PSFK. A) I shouldn’t have used motorola as an example – it was open to attack.

B) We’re not journalists. we’re PSFK.

]]> By: josh http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html/comment-page-1#comment-11068 josh Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:42:18 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/01/the-psfk-editorial-policy.html#comment-11068 "PSFK’s aim is to inspire our readers to make change to make things better." Just report the news and get over yourselves. The role of journalists is to inform, period. "Yes, there are eco issues too but at the end of the day, Apple makes 1 version of its phone, Motorola makes hundreds of phones that have limited shelf lives." Apple addresses exactly one segment of the mobile phone market. Motorola addresses lots of different segments, and it's not like their phones self-destruct after 6 months. You think Apple isn't ever going to come out with a new iPhone or a range of iPhones? Just look at the iPod range. You also said that you wrote about the iPhone because it's "culturally and technically significant". Would it be less so if it came in 20 different versions? Would you still cover it? Yes. If Motorola came out with cool products that were as well branded as Apple's, you'd be all over them just the same. “PSFK’s aim is to inspire our readers to make change to make things better.”

Just report the news and get over yourselves. The role of journalists is to inform, period.

“Yes, there are eco issues too but at the end of the day, Apple makes 1 version of its phone, Motorola makes hundreds of phones that have limited shelf lives.”

Apple addresses exactly one segment of the mobile phone market. Motorola addresses lots of different segments, and it’s not like their phones self-destruct after 6 months. You think Apple isn’t ever going to come out with a new iPhone or a range of iPhones? Just look at the iPod range.

You also said that you wrote about the iPhone because it’s “culturally and technically significant”. Would it be less so if it came in 20 different versions? Would you still cover it? Yes.

If Motorola came out with cool products that were as well branded as Apple’s, you’d be all over them just the same.

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