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May 22, 2001, 08:36 AM
 
Has the reorg of MacNN under Newsfactor affected the posting of news updates etc? In the past, WWDC etc got excellent coverage on MacNN - easily beating out the other sites with the fastest news posts and adherence to fact.

But this week I'm lost - I have no uptodate stream of news about WWDC. MacAddict stole the show (again, first time with the iBook intro) with Ian's Forum posts FROM THE WWDC SHOW FLOOR).

Stepwise, the logical place to turn for WWDC news and updates, is glacial in its updates and lean on the actual content. Granted, Stepwise is NOT touting itself as the sort of website that wants to provide such a service; thats been the arena of sites like MacNN and recently MacAddict. Stepwise is a developer oriented resource that you can count on for solid technical information - not the fanatical pursuit of everything Apple for all us zealots that can't be there.

These first days of macNN's move under the Newsfactor umbrella give the impression that MacNN is moving away from that hectic style of service; moving more into the current MacCentral style information service.

Anyone have any suggestions (based on recent efforts) for alternative sites for the Mac junkie?

I like the new look - its tidy and easy to read; its just that the content has lagged severely.
     
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May 22, 2001, 09:43 AM
 
Yeah, I agree....you set a precedent with your timely updates in the past, and now I predict you will lose MANY readers if you can't return to that timliness in updates.

I too would like suggestions on a good Mac news site to replace MacNN in my bookmark list.
     
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May 22, 2001, 10:16 AM
 
I'm extremely disappointed to find no new content on the MacNN site since 8PM yesterday--and it's 11:15 AM EDT! Something's got to change! Please...
     
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May 22, 2001, 08:03 PM
 
I found a very nice (and lengthy) article on Day One of WWDC over at the OS X page of MacFixIt.com: http://www.macfixit.com/macosx.shtml

Also, Apple has its own two page review of the KeyNote with Steve and Avie: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/article...c/keynote.html

And MacInTouch: http://www.macintouch.com/wwdc2001.html

Stepwise has in depth sesion reviews linked at: http://wwdc2001.stepwise.com/SpecialCoverage/WWDC2001/
     
   
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