{"id":8529,"date":"2005-06-03T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2005-06-03T13:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8529"},"modified":"2005-06-03T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2005-06-03T13:01:42","slug":"how-to-write-tech-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8529","title":{"rendered":"How to Write Tech Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gizmodo has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmodo.com\/gadgets\/gadgets\/how-to-write-technology-reviews-our-insiders-tips-106369.php\" target=\"new\">funny rag<\/a> on a Mediabistro.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/courses\/cache\/crs716.asp?c=mbenag\" target=\"new\">tech review writing seminar<\/a>. They tell you to save your money, and spill all of our precious tech writer trade secrets in the posting, riffing on the seminar&#8217;s teaser text. Some of our favorites: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p> \u2022 Tricks to make your review a compelling read<br \/> Insider\u2019s Tip: Start with a fond anecdote from your childhood, contrasted with an insulting or adulatory mention of the iPod. See: T; See Also: A. <\/p>\n<p> \u2022 How to involve real people in a review story<br \/> Insider\u2019s Tip: Invent likely-sounding names with likely-sounding color quotes, unless pitching to MIT Technology Review or Wired News. In those cases, make the color quotes from celebrities, whose quotes the media are legally not obligated to fact-check, especially if they are hilarious. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gizmodo has a funny rag on a Mediabistro.com tech review writing seminar. They tell you to save your money, and spill all of our precious tech writer trade secrets in the posting, riffing on the seminar&#8217;s teaser text. Some of our favorites: \u2022 Tricks to make your review a compelling read Insider\u2019s Tip: Start with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8529\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Write Tech Reviews&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scitech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}