Talk:Robert X. Cringely/Archives/2013

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In the article, it's a bit confusing to read that Cringely did such-and-such when it doesn't specify which Cringely (the reader is forced to determine this based on context). Should this article be changed to a disambiguation page, and Mark Stephens moved to his own page in Wikipedia? Traal 21:03, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I whole heartedly agree. Rangek 16:04, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I came here to say roughly the same thing. There's a use for a Robert X. Cringely page to explain the controversy over the history of the pseudonym and to disambiguate further topics but there should also be a Mark Stephens page that contains info that only pertains to him. BillMcGonigle 19:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Mark Stephen's major in college?
According to the Wired article about him, he majored in Physics when at The College of Wooster, but according to Wooster's IS database, he majored in History. Which is it? JSBillings 23:29, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Why would we trust Wired over the school? BillMcGonigle (talk) 05:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Unknown first, then Identified
The body of the article says the current writer of Notes from the Field is unknown. The end of the article identifies that writer. This seems like an obvious dichotomy that needs correcting, although I've no idea which is true so I won't correct it.be

I concur. How can someone's identity be both known and unknown? 70.240.109.214 (talk) 05:05, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Split this article up
I agree with the commenters above. If you do an image search for Mark Stevens, you get a completely different dude than the guy who created the Triumph of the Nerds documentary for PBS and who writes the I, Cringley blog. You see the I, Cringley guy by doing an image search for Robert X Cringley (or simply browse to his blog). This makes it seem like Mark Stevens is someone else. Someone who knows what's up please fix this article or better yet write two separate articles. 98.154.210.60 (talk) 21:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Cringely/Stephens as Apple employee #12?
The article states that Cringely was Apple employee #12, and cites this audio interview. A similar claim seems to have been made by Cringely in this FAQ. This information conflicts with (e.g.) these articles, and the page Daniel Kottke, which state that Kottke was employee #12. Philbull (talk) 22:59, 30 March 2013 (UTC)