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[Macam]

Just follow Ars feed. Don't waste your time on verge or engadget or other meta blog Topolsky come up with.

This.

Also, not being familiar with the back story, I'm not sure if EvilLore was being sarcastic or not in dubbing Topolsky the "most prominent tech journalist in the world", but I can only assume so.

 

[The Faceless Master]

he really wants a 4th chance to be hot garbage?

hope he fails, gives up and gets a job in a field he's good at.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

If this means a return to 2012-era-Verge, I'm in!

 

[Sectorseven]

When I hear of technology aimed at wealthy people the first thing that comes to mind are those gold Ferrari dumb phones.

 

[this_guy]

Read Arstechnica if you want good tech articles.

 

[Guess Who]

 

[BUNTING1243]

Oh God, I missed this.


I thought the Verge was the unofficial Apple PR while Topolsky was there.

Man, I was wrong. That Apple watch meltdown.

I don't agree with Topolaky due to his Apple bias, but as an editor-in-chief he is pretty good.

they gave the apple watch a 7 and were basically ambivelent about it on the podcast.

 

[jooey]

he really wants a 4th chance to be hot garbage?

hope he fails, gives up and gets a job in a field he's good at.

would love to hear the assuredly sensible reason you would say something like this

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Josh Topolsky, probably the most prominent tech journalist in the world and fully proven in his capacity to run a major tech website on more than one occasion, or the permanently banned former neogaf member who created a twitter hash tag and then sociopathically defamed a guy just trying to take care of his sick kid as part of a campaign to establish himself as an "insider."

Let's consult the crystal ball.

I'm calling BS on this.

 

[studyguy]

Topolsky posted on Neogaf or something? I'm missing context and I doubt it really fucking matters.
Personally I enjoyed him best when he was interviewing people and having a contest with Patel over who could steamroll the conversation first.

 

[jmood88]

There's no doubt that Engadget declined and The Verge turned into pure garbage after Topolsky left. It's too bad he has difficulty staying in one place for long.

Both sites started going downhill while Josh was in charge.

 

[Mafro]

So this launched today and...yeah https://theoutline.com

https://theoutline.com/post/420/welcome-to-the-outline

 

[Rebel Leader]

What in the

 

[Alucrid]

So this launched today and...yeah https://theoutline.com

https://theoutline.com/post/420/welcome-to-the-outline

jesus how is that readable

 

[Kayhan]

So this launched today and...yeah https://theoutline.com

https://theoutline.com/post/420/welcome-to-the-outline

That is a lot of words that doesn't say very much.

 

[LeleSocho]

I'm ok with the color palette but my god... for now it's unreadable.
Maybe i just have to get used to it.

 

[D4Danger]

So this launched today and...yeah https://theoutline.com

https://theoutline.com/post/420/welcome-to-the-outline

 

[Kthulhu]

So this launched today and...yeah https://theoutline.com

https://theoutline.com/post/420/welcome-to-the-outline

WTF am I looking at? Did the graphic designers for Watch Dogs 2 make this site?

Edit: that's the worst Pepe I've ever seen BTW.

 

[andythinkpad]

Chris Ziegler is waiting for your call Josh hehehe.

 

[BlackGoku03]

It screams "read me millennials!"

 

[Kthulhu]

Jesus Christ, I thought the Verge's new layout was bad, but this is something else.

 

[Mafro]

Haha holy shit that's perfect.

It screams "read me millennials!"

"How do you do, fellow kids?"

Chris Ziegler is waiting for your call Josh hehehe.

Has he actually resurfaced since that thing between the Verge and Apple happened?

 

[Ambient80]

I actually like the little expandable cards thing they built for showing some different articles, but I don't like the home page where you have to scroll continuously to see other articles. I also like how the O in the upper left corner acts as a sort of home button and it minimizes the article you were reading so you can come back to it.

Some of the design choices are, however, bizarre.

 

[geestack]

really enjoying this on mobile. i only found the site thanks to following one of the editors on twitter, but i'm enjoying it more than any other "new media" outlet

 

[jmood88]

The design is pretty horrible and I just got stuck going through a series of pages that were like Twitter Moments, where it was one page with almost no information and all I could do was swipe left or right.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

So this launched today and...yeah https://theoutline.com

https://theoutline.com/post/420/welcome-to-the-outline

...

They were garbage when he was there too. If homeboy could stop huffing his own farts all the time, he might be able to establish something that doesn't become a punchline after a few years.

https://theoutline.com/about

"The Outline is a new kind of publication for a new kind of human."

welp.

 

[Gattsu25]

"The Outline is a new kind of publication for a new kind of human."

welp.

That publication already exists, though:

 

[killertofu]

Kinda ironic that Underarmor is one of their sponsors when they've endorsed Trump

*edit* whoops it was New Balance. My bad

 

[tim.mbp]

It's better on mobile.

 

[Gattsu25]

Kinda ironic that Underarmor is one of their sponsors when they've endorsed Trump

Did they really? Having a hard time finding a source for that after a few quick Bing searches.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I miss the early Verge days already. Josh and Nilay balanced each other out, without each other they each lean a bit too much their own ways.

 

[Matt]

Kinda ironic that Underarmor is one of their sponsors when they've endorsed Trump

Are you thinking of New Balance?

 

[killertofu]

Did they really? Having a hard time finding a source for that after a few quick Bing searches.

I thought I saw a thread on GAF? Maybe it was another sports brand....

Are you thinking of New Balance?

Ah you're right. Apologies

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

So this launched today and...yeah https://theoutline.com

https://theoutline.com/post/420/welcome-to-the-outline

My eyes hurt.

This is like one of the fictional sites in the Orwell game.

 

[giga]

Literally threw up in my a little bit.

 

[Bboy AJ]

I think it is pretty awesome. At least it pushes design somewhere, instead of the stagnant nonsense that would otherwise be praised here.

 

[Bit-Bit]

I really like it. Been reading it all morning. The layout and easy swiping from article to article lends very well to reading on the phone.

 

[CharminUltra]

I can't stand Josh or Nilay on their own, but I enjoy their discussions when they're together (especially if Paul is also there.) Except when they'd try to talk over each other I guess, which used to happen too often.

 

[Mafro]

Yeah this definitely looks and works a lot better on mobile. Still not a fan of some of these wacky character things that pop up.

 

[Putzweg]

He always seemed a bit dense, like slow. Am i wrong?

 

[Fox318]

spot on

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

The weird thing is that it already has been running for like 6 months.

https://theoutline.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS9trjSAJbZJIdo062XGsQ/videos

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

I'm all for taking advantage of the medium you're working on, but...

...is the only valid response to this.

 

[BUNTING1243]

Kinda love how weird the design is.

 

[Vyer]

So basically a Snapchat story layout


They got some gaudy color combos working

 

[NeOak]

Spot on