He managed to do this while also writing insightful -- often breaking -- stories about the iPhone and its explosive application platform and also about the rise of the Twitter phenomenon. At his worst, he'd write stories about iFart apps that would regularly generate more page views than any other story at the time. I'm really proud of how far MG has already come in his career. We first noticed him in 2007, rising up the ranks of writers hitting the top of Techmeme, the web site that tracks which writers are breaking technology news. We hired him early last year, and he's continued to flourish. Of course, it hurts that he's joining one of the most outrageously over-hyped blogging franchises out there. No, really, it's all fair game, TechCrunch.
The VentureBeat team wishes you the best of luck, MG!
In honor of his departure, here's a list of our favorite MG stories:
AndroidTunes? Amazon launching a mobile music/movie store for Google's platformThe iPhone outsells that thing I’m using as a paperweight (the RAZR)Hulu channels Michael Corleone, Boxee support also whackedAfter trying it out, I have a good feeling about HunchThe real iPhone 3G ripoff: Text messagesChicken Little, the cloud is fallingGeoEye-1, the “Google satellite,” will capture the Obama Inauguration from spaceThis is the Microsoft I want to see
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