03-03-2004, 08:23 PM
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engadget: Gadgets Galore
Peter Rojas, formerly of Gizmodo, has launched a new online venture dubbed "engadget". It looks pretty much identical to the format that Gizmodo has, so you can tell that Peter's passion for gadgets hasn't waned - it's just a location change. Here's a message from Peter about the change:
"Back in August of 2002 I helped found Gizmodo, the gadgets weblog. It was a labor of love, but never intended as more than a part-time freelance job. After nineteen months I�ve decided to take a risk and launch a new site that will let me do what I want: Blog about gadgets full-time. In partnership with The Weblogs, Inc. Network (WIN), I�ve launched Engadget (www.engadget.com), where I�m already posting obsessively about everything exciting on gadgets and personal technology. PS - I�d like to thank everyone who has expressed their support for Engadget already, it�s much appreciated."
Best of luck in the new venture Peter!
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03-03-2004, 08:36 PM
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That explains why Gizmodo has slowed down to a crawl. I'll have to watch this new site carefully, because Peter has a good style of summarizing what goes on in the tech world. 
--janak
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03-03-2004, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
That explains why Gizmodo has slowed down to a crawl.
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I was thinking about removing Gizmodo from my "The Usual" tab set in Mozilla Firefox. Instead, I've added engadget. I'll try both for a while and then decide...
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03-03-2004, 11:49 PM
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Re: engadget: Gadgets Galore
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
It looks pretty much identical to the format that Gimodo has,
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That should be Gizmodo right?
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03-04-2004, 12:58 AM
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Re: engadget: Gadgets Galore
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Originally Posted by yslee
That should be Gizmodo right?
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Why, yes.  ops: Fixed!
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03-04-2004, 01:55 AM
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Gizmodo has a new editor, and is looking pretty spiffy again. Two good blogs where once was one - sounds good to me 8).
Hope Pete picks up some advertising soon; I'm sure his site is attracting mucho hits...
-- Opus
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03-04-2004, 04:02 AM
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But don�t you find it strange that Pete Rojas is leaving Gizmodo to start another page which is almost exactly the same stuff!
But hey, if they�ll both get updated it�s fine by me.
Also that Cargo mag look�s intresting.
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03-04-2004, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Eraserhead
But don�t you find it strange that Pete Rojas is leaving Gizmodo to start another page which is almost exactly the same stuff!
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Sounds to me like that Peter is doing it full-time now, and presumably owns a stake in the business side with engadget.
Nick (publisher of Gizmodo) has had success finding replacements before (esp. for Gawker, a NYC gossip rag-blog), so I expect he'll succeed with Gizmodo as well. 8)
--janak
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