Dan Lyons
realdanlyons.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008
Dan Lyons, a tech journalist and creator of the Fake Steve Jobs blog, writes sharp commentary on Silicon Valley and tech media.
What HN saysHN commenters link it in arguments about tech blogger feuds and clickbait journalism, and for an interview with Steve Wozniak about the early Apple II.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to the Silicon Cesspool9 people · 1.3K points · first shared 2012 · 195 comments on HN
- 2A conversation with Woz: "I think Steve learned a lot of discipline"3 people · 9 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 3Suck on it, AppleSoft — Google pulls a rope-a-dope2 people · 9 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 4Sun to change ticker symbol again — now will be called OOPS.2 people · 8 points · first shared 2008 · 6 comments on HN
- 5Kindle Fire, and the tricky business of chasing scoops2 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 6All of life has been utterly, profoundly changed thanks to Facebook...1 people · 175 points · first shared 2011 · 69 comments on HN
- 7People who are telling the truth about themselves do not insist on being ‘off the record’1 people · 15 points · first shared 2008 · 23 comments on HN
- 8TechCrunch has become a clown show, and I totally love it1 people · 10 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 9Repeat after me: There is no bubble ... there is no bubble ...1 people · 9 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 10Once upon a time we put a man on the moon.1 people · 6 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 11Kevin Rose calls to non-rebut rumors about Digg and Google acquisition talks1 people · 5 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 12Entire staff of TechCrunch threaten mass suicide unless Arrington gets his way1 people · 4 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 13Inanity at EmTech -- Web 2.0 and bad restaurants1 people · 4 points · first shared 2008 · 2 comments on HN
- 14There is no bubble. There is no bubble. There is no — oops.1 people · 3 points · first shared 2008 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Randy Wigginton (Apple employee #6) about Steve Jobs1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
joebadmo · 2011-10-04
My opinion on MG Siegler cemented after the last fight he had with Dan Lyons. I don't even really like Dan Lyons that much (though I was pretty amused by Fake Steve Jobs). But this post: http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2011/09/28/kindle-fire-and-the-tricky-bus… seemed fair, reasonable, not hostile, and even careful in giving credit where it was due. And it had a great point: that we'll know when we know, and that the value of this type of "scoop" is close to zero.
Siegler's response was a fairly vicious, direct ad hominem with no greater point. http://parislemon.com/post/10774472888/fake-steve-jobs-funny-real-dan-…
Judge for yourself. I did, and I've decided not to read his writing anymore.
bdfh42 · 2008-09-10
Wow amazing how do they think this stuff up?
http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/09/09/apple-still-no-spaceship-or-fl… says it all for me
jbenz · 2012-05-15
I often wonder how much of the controversy we read about here on HN is completely manufactured by some clever individuals. NOTE: I am not saying the Joshua-Gross-Next-Web-situation is obviously manufactured. I have no idea.
I am saying controversy is a great way to drive page views and links. In some cases, those links are valuable to SEO. I like to imagine Michael Arrington, Dan Lyons, and MG Siegler sitting around a room and saying "Ok, what can we come up with as a good excuse to really yell at each other?" ... which is then followed by posts like these (and hey, they're getting another link now):
http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-p…
I may be way off. Maybe Arrington is always writing his honest opinion. But it surely happens somewhere on the web. Is anyone keeping track? Is there a website that has a list of all the seemingly-manufactured controversies? That would be interesting.
vonnik · 2015-12-15
> Woz: Don had come to the garage and I ran the Apple II through its paces and he said, “What is the market?” I said, “A million units.” He asked me why that was and I sad, “There’s a million ham radio operators and computers are bigger than ham radio.”
http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2011/10/11/a-conversation-with-woz/
ANTSANTS · 2015-01-22
It's pretty sad how all it took was time and a thin coat of feminist paint for HN to forget how corrupt and morally bankrupt these clickbait "journalists" are.
http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-p…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3587730
lukethomas · 2013-12-02
Personal opinion, but this article should be on someone's personal blog, not promoted through Hubspot. It seems after a quick Google search, Dan Lyons has stirred up quite a bit of controversy in the past, and it's probably something I would avoid getting into from a company POV.
http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-p…
http://parislemon.com/post/17587323277/bat-shit-crazy
kmfrk · 2012-10-22
TechCrunch is definitely not a journalistic paragon[1], but I think the term tabloid is misplaced. Valleywag was the definition of a startup tabloid back in the days.
[1]: http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-p…
Jaigus · 2012-10-14
Its a nice idea, I'm sure there are tons of people who go unrecognised for what they've done. However, I can't help but think it will make the pseudo celebrity nonsense going on in the tech-sphere an order of magnitude or more worse than its already become. Imagine the collusions that would ensue from certain "news bloggers" and others in the SV cespool with awards in the mix. I remember this little gem: http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-p…
joejohnson · 2012-04-11
This article from February talks about the business model used by tech blogs: http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-p…
Interesting discussion about that article here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3587730
palebluedot · 2011-08-15
While the register portrays Google's moves as blundering, Dan Lyon's take is the exact opposite. I suspect it may be a while before we know which is true, although I want to lean towards Dan's view:
http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2011/08/15/suck-on-it-applesoft/
chubbard · 2008-10-21
If the main link isn't working try this one:
http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/10/21/sun-to-change-ticker-symbol-ag…
AdamGorman · 2012-10-16
For the lazy:
1. http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/10/smoothlifel/
2. http://selfstarter.us/
3. http://www.fastcompany.com/3000852/37signals-earns-millions-each-year-…
4. http://stackoverflow.com/q/11227809/399268
5. http://ihave50dollars.com/
6. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4592778
7. http://blog.pinboard.in/2012/01/the_five_stages_of_hosting/
8. http://www.reddit.com/r/finance/comments/utf5u/where_has_all_the_money…
9. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2919708
10. http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-p…
Original source:
http://news.ycombinator.com/over?points=440