Earlier this year I tweeted about one of my goals for the year: writing something for a print publication. Luckily for me, one of my Twitter follower is Jason Snell, who is a big mucky muck over at Macworld. Macworld, if you aren’t a Mac geek, is the leading Mac news publication in the world. For some reason Jason thought that some opportunity for me might popup at Macworld.
Months past and I had forgotten about wanting to write for a magazine when I was contacted by one of the senior Review editors to write some reviews of antivirus software for the Mac. I knew AV reviews would be a tough sell, but I didn’t think my NAV 11 review would end up being the most loathed article on Macworld.com (and by a long shot!). This doesn’t seem to bode well for future Macworld writing assignments.
At least the folks at Macworld seemed to like my writing.
7 responses to “My first piece for a magazine”
Whoa.
Well, I read it, didn’t seem even remotely loathe-worthy – more that they hated the IDEA of Norton more than hated the article itself.
Personally I hate norton too – but I am not going to pass judgment on something I’ve never used simply because I didn’t like a previous iteration of something.
Mac people sure are opinionated & intolerant. ;p
Well. I loved it. Good work and congrats.
I tried to vote thumb up but it would not accept my vote. somehow they must know that i didn’t actually read the article, and in general have no opinion about norton.
🙂 a small step for humanity,but a big one for you
Judging by the comments on that article, it would be more popular for you to walk into the DNC convention with a “Nader” sign.
Nice job, Scott. It’s an easy read and it covers a lot of ground for the length. Silly NAV haters. Most loathed is better than most unread 🙂
Sorry, Scott, I’ve knocked you off the top of the heap – by an absurdly long shot – with my MobileMe review. Currently most loathed with a score of 311!