Anyways, don't worry about pissing those of us who are on the nerdier, less-social side of the spectrum. That's our/my problem, not yours. And from my experience it's definitely not that you're 'off' or oversimplifying the things you talk about. You strike a good balance.
(sadly, I just can't stand DWDD anymore... I blame De Snijtafel.)
One thing that I am missing in mass media, though, is more of the critical/political aspects of hacker culture. E.g., it would be great if the worries of the tech community in the privacy/security balance debate could be represented from the tech community's side. It seems that Glen Greenwald is one of the very few visible journalists to do so.
Of course, such topics are not as 'sexy' as the new iPhone ;).
I echo this. I've noticed I have a natural inclination to dismiss anyone who talks about the tech-field on Dutch TV, since most of them are wrong and thus according to my lizard-brain get undue credit.
You usually keep properly representing the way I see the tech-world and I'm thankful for that. Not too mention you do it with enough enthusiasm that my mother understands why you are exited about it.
And I have to say: he really is pretty good at what he does. I don't recall ever hearing him explain something or write about something in tech that was outright wrong, which in my experience is quite rare even for 'good' tech journalists. I find myself often cringing at how they get some detail wrong, as well as cringing that I'm probably one of a small group of extreme geeks who would even notice it.
On some level, despite him actually being good at his stuff, I feel an kind of vague dislike for him at times. I suppose that feeling comes from the fact that he's not just very knowledgeable in a field that I consider 'mine', but that he's so damn good at explaining it an somehow making it 'cool'. And perhaps it's because it underlines how important presentation and social skills are alongside 'raw' skills. I suppose I'd feel similar about someone like Kevin Rose had he been a very public face of 'my tribe', rather than mostly operating within it.
It's not a feeling that I would describe as justified or good. Mostly just interesting that it's there at all. When it comes down to it I love having a 'spokesperson' who doesn't misrepresent the things I love.
(As it's quite likely that he, at very least, lurks on HN: Hi Klöpping, sorry that I think you're an annoying little punk sometimes without good reason. I really like what you're doing with Blendle; any way you could allow it to integrate with Instapaper?)