The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

Re:The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10... by aw3c2 on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @09:37AM (#4290836)

I am honest: I don't get it. Is the reviewed review focused on meaningless metrics or why is this funny? I skimmed through a couple of pages and did not see any of that, in fact it seemed comprehensive if a bit subjective and fanboyish.

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Re:The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10... by mdc on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @10:23AM (#4291049)

If you listen to Marco's podcast, he'll occasionally say something like "I want to talk about this topic but Siracusa just talked about it on his podcast and did a great job so I'll be quick about it."

It think this review-review is Marco's way of saying that he knows he's expected to comment on the new OSX and everyone should just go read Siracusa's review. Plus it was funny.

edit: typo

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Re:The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10... by loire280 on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @11:22AM (#4291344)

It's also self-parody of Marco's exhaustively researched reviews - which are often focused on relatively mundane things like LED light bulbs, thermostats, and coffee gadgets.

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Re:The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10... by fredley on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @09:38AM (#4290843)

I don't think it's parodying the use of metrics, it's parodying the extreme attention to detail.

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Re:The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10... by aprendo on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @09:38AM (#4290845)

No, it's a quite serious (and quite good) review. Marco Arment is only teasing Siracusa.

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