A short note, again

I have been telling people for years not to give interviews to Annalee Newitz. In the best of worlds, she's a columnist, which puts her in the "yellow journalist / hack - but I'm allowed, because I get to insert my opinions" class. In reality, she's hardly even that.

I'm not here to gripe about the past times she's burnt me when interviewing me. But, it does make me rather mad when my friends get hurt in the same way.

But, honestly, the real problem is people taking Valleywag or Newitz seriously. Please, people. Valleywag is a Silicon Valley tabloid -- and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't deny it. Whether their reporter violated California privacy law by stealing the information from Kevin's phone would be an issue for the DA; I won't comment on that any further. But anything printed on that website, or carrying a Newitz by-line, should just be taken for what it is.

Tech stars have to worry about paparazzi and tabloid pieces. Welcome to Web 2.0, and let's all get over it.