Heh. I've never actually published anything in Time Digital. The one piece I worked on for them was a full-page interview with Crypto-czar David Aaron that was supposed to happen when he was in town in January. But he blew me and the photographer off and left town without being interviewed. I learned much later that he always hated the term "crypto-czar," which I (and my co-authors) coined in an article we wrote a year ago breaking the news on his appointment. Maybe that's why he ducked out. -Declan On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Tim May wrote:
At 11:33 AM -0700 10/2/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Thanks, all, for the suggestions. Unfortunately my time is limited: my deadline is tonight. I'm working on a roundup of pre-reported cases, not reporting out new ones. (at least for this project)
Meaning nothing against Declan personally, this "my deadline is tonight" is one of the reasons I almost never read news magazines anymore.
(I stupidly bought a copy of something "Time" calls "Time Digital," as it seemed to have some of my acquaintances in it. I should've spotted the jive by the title on the cover, "Our Exclusive Ranking of the Cyber Elite." Lots of one-line quoting of pundits, shots of the overexposed geekbabe Pohlese, and fatuous nonsense about what it means to be rich in Silicon Valley. I wouldn't have believed it could be possible, but "Time Digital" is far, far worse than "Wired." Here's to hoping it dies a merciful death in the next few months.)