On Bin Laden Killing Tech Blogging

Exploiting Bin Laden’s death is one thing. Just wait until we have a real national tragedy that the tech blogs contort themselves to exploit for the pageviews.

No need to wait: How will Japan earthquake affect Apple’s iPad supply chain?

There isn’t anything wrong with SEO per se; it’s the semi-professional media’s way of participating in the moment. But there’s always a new depth of depravity to be plumbed, and title holder for the moment remains he who saw in a catastrophic earthquake the opportunity to mix in a soulless and story-less “Apple” headline.