Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality. Michael Arrington commondesignensure Change image and share on social
Our independence from AOL was so important to me that I negotiated an extremely odd provision in our purchase agreement that allowed me to disclose confidential information about AOL. It was their job never to give me that information. It was not my job to protect it in any way. Michael Arrington agreementallowaol share on social
I live a fairly simple life, and that didn't change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010. I didn't buy a new house or even a new car. The one thing I did splurge on was a boat. Nothing too fancy or large. Michael Arrington boatbuycar share on social
I don't claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure. Michael Arrington claimdisclosurehigh Change image and share on social
Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate. Michael Arrington commenthatehypocrisy Change image and share on social
More than once at TechCrunch, we made AOL extremely uncomfortable with things that we wrote. But they never ordered us to write or not write about something because they understood that not only would we not comply, we'd write a post about the whole thing. Michael Arrington aolcomplyextremely share on social
I've always believed that government tends to screw up whatever it touches, but Obama in particular seemed different. He understood tech issues that left the other candidates bewildered. Part of it may be his age. But whatever the reason, I had real hope that he could help lead us into a new century of technology leadership and growth. Michael Arrington agebelievebewilder share on social
If you really care about Facebook likes, don't just post your stuff to Twitter and then rely on it being republished automatically to Facebook. In my sample size of one, Facebook penalizes you significantly for that and shows that content to far fewer people. Michael Arrington automaticallycarecontent share on social
I remember endless Apple v. Windows debates in the early '90s when I was in college. Macs were better machines, everyone said; the whole Office thing was a huge pain. It was difficult to transfer files between operating systems, and generally speaking, if you wanted to do Office stuff, you needed a Windows machine. Michael Arrington 90sapplecollege share on social