Speaking of Christmas…
Back when I was at Engadget, one of the things that took some getting used to was the 24/7 nature of the site. But the fact is, news happens around the clock, and tech news often breaks first on the other side of the globe, when most people here are sound asleep. And in the hypercompetitive world of A-list blogging, you have to be at the top of your game every day to stay on top of the heap. So, the surprise today isn’t that 8 of the top 10 blogs were updated on Christmas. It’s that two of them—Lifehacker and PostSecret—weren’t. PostSecret is so unique that I suppose they can set their own rules. And Gina did go ahead and warn us that she was going to use Xmas to unplug and enjoy. But while she was doing that, Peter, Ryan & Co. posted a dozen entries. And judging from the response—their annual “What did you get?” post has over 200 comments as of this writing—plenty of people were happy to spend their holiday with the Engadget crew. So, Merry Christmas, Pete, Ryan, Evan, Paul and the rest of the gang. Hope you had time to hoist a few egg nogs while showing us amateurs how the pros get things done.
