PrimetimeGeek independent tech news · est. 2009
A restart, and the rules of the house
The first episode of the new run: what this show is, what it will not do, and the review and corrections policy that everything else is built on.
Show notes
- PrimetimeGeek is a one-person publication: a podcast and a review practice covering the technology industry.
- The rules: products are bought or used on stated terms, scores are never negotiated, corrections are appended publicly.
- Six story types, always labelled: Brief, Report, Analysis, Explainer, Review, Roundup.
Chapters
- The week in five lines
- What this show is
- The rules of the house
- What comes next
Transcript
This episode runs as written notes rather than a recording. The argument, in order.
This is the first episode of the new run, so it is worth stating what the show is. PrimetimeGeek covers the technology industry and the products it ships: reporting first, analysis where there is something to add, and reviews that are scored in public. It is a small publication on purpose. Fewer stories, each with a point of view you can check.
The rules of the house are short. Products reviewed here are bought or used on stated terms. No vendor money, no access trades, no negotiated scores. Analysis and reviews carry a judgement label; reporting does not. When something here is wrong, the correction is appended to the article, not quietly edited away.
What comes next: weekly episodes in this format, reviews on a stated revisit schedule, and the standards page as the standing contract with the reader. If the rules ever change, that page changes first.