Thoughts on Anandtech and written media
When I first got into computers, I read a lot of articles from technology focused journals. I frequented sites like HardOCP, Tom’s Hardware, Guru3D, Extreme Tech, Engadget, and of course Anandtech. These articles were well written and often went into great detail to explain the underpinnings of new hardware and technology. I thoroughly enjoyed them and would regularly read through them even if I wasn’t in a position to buy the hardware they were reviewing. I wanted that understanding of the industry, technology, and how it all interacts. I learned tremendously during that era, the early 2000s through early 2010s. What has happened since then has been a tremendous shift in how people, including myself, access that kind of information. The proliferation of video streaming online has been a boon for independent journalists and writers who have been able to shift from written to spoken and video. The absolutely explosive growth of YouTube in particular has centralised the majority of t