
Harry McCracken, the PC World editor who left the magazine after daring to criticize big advertiser Apple, then rejoined when then CEO Colin Crawford was faced with backlash, left the magazine again in May to work on his own thing. Now, his own thing has a name: It's Technologizer, and it'll be an indie tech site launching this summer. It's a smart move, considering that print is dead, or dying, or something, but McCracken joins a long list of competitive tech sites already out there. So what sets him apart? Maybe his affinity for cartoons.
Harry McCracken, the PC World EIC who was fired and re-hired last May after daring to criticize magazine advertiser Apple, is leaving the magazine. Again. On his own terms. He's been at PC World in various capacities for 14 years, which is, like, pre-Facebook, pre-Blackberry, pre-TiVo. A whole other era! McCracken, who announced his departure on his blog, is leaving to start "a technology site of my own–one that I'll build from scratch and launch this summer." God, don't let it be a social network. Or a blog.