Comments on: Back to the Future http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/09/08/back-to-the-future/ The Self-Aggrandizing Website of Gavin Edwards Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:58:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gavin http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/09/08/back-to-the-future/#comment-351 Gavin Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:25:48 +0000 http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/09/08/back-to-the-future/#comment-351 Wired, particularly back then, made some inscrutable editorial decisions. Playboy in some ways seemed like an ideal place to write for: I knew a friendly editor and they had lots and lots of editorial pages to fill (aside from the pictorials and the long Interview, they've always run a ton of features of all stripes). But the chain of command was diffused from New York to Chicago to the Mansion; getting them to commit to anything was like getting a battleship to execute a sharp right turn. Incidentally, this article got linked today from <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/08/rating-the-futurists.html" rel="nofollow">BoingBoing</a>. Wired, particularly back then, made some inscrutable editorial decisions.

Playboy in some ways seemed like an ideal place to write for: I knew a friendly editor and they had lots and lots of editorial pages to fill (aside from the pictorials and the long Interview, they’ve always run a ton of features of all stripes). But the chain of command was diffused from New York to Chicago to the Mansion; getting them to commit to anything was like getting a battleship to execute a sharp right turn.

Incidentally, this article got linked today from BoingBoing.

]]> By: Chris M. http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/09/08/back-to-the-future/#comment-348 Chris M. Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:49:04 +0000 http://rulefortytwo.com/2008/09/08/back-to-the-future/#comment-348 I can see why <i>Playboy</i> gave up on it -- don't they save their longer slots for interviews? -- but why would <i>Wired</i> dump it? For them, it seems like a gimme. I can see why Playboy gave up on it — don’t they save their longer slots for interviews? — but why would Wired dump it? For them, it seems like a gimme.

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