Improbable Insights

My first day coverage of CES has gone up at Tom’s Hardware.

CES is a strange show in some ways. It’s really a show for buyers, the people who decide what to order for store (and virtual store) shelves for the coming year. There are also classes, mostly targeted at those buyers. But it’s also a giant show for media. There are way too many journalists and bloggers trolling for too few stories.

Perhaps more accurately, there are too many journalists trolling the same ground. In some respects, that’s why blogging is great. A blogger who only cares about Internet connected fitness gear, for example, can just write about that.

On the other hand, if you’re a casual, but interested, reader, you’ll find vast numbers of articles on various web sites and newspapers about the same stuff. There is a definite herd mentality, particularly among the tech-focused, mainstream press. That’s the nature of the beast, though, so I’m not sure how it could change. Good writing makes up for this, and if I come across some really good articles, I’ll either post links here or in my twitter feed.