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ReadWrite's Jon Mitchell says he is @NextTechBlog, and he is "not stopping."
@NextTechBlog is a funny Twitter parody of the most ridiculous aspects of tech blogging and it has been an understandable source of intrigue since it was created--just who the hell is behind all those dead-on tweets satirizing tech blogging's sometimes endless cycle of hype and silliness, anyway?
Spencer Chen attempted to determine the author's identity with some logical inferences based on thought process and tweeting style, but it turns out his guess, AllThingsD senior editor Mike Isaac, was probably wrong.
Not only will @NextTechBlog continue, Mr. Mitchell is doubling down:
How will it be different? I will call out bullshit specifically now, and I’ll link to it. Yes, ours. I made fun of us all the time.
— Jon Mitchell (@ablaze) November 16, 2012
In an exchange with a Twitter follower, Mr. Mitchell also admitted there were other contributors to the parody account, writing that he has "several fairly consistent DM contributors, including@CalebGarling."
Here are some of @NextTechBlog's greatest hits:
Top 9,999,999 Apps For Staying Focused
— NextTechBlog (@NextTechBlog) October 28, 2012
Why Yahoo! Should Hire Scott Forstall To Build A Facebook Phone For Microsoft
— NextTechBlog (@NextTechBlog) November 3, 2012
How To Discard Your Obsolete 6-Month-Old Apple Device
— NextTechBlog (@NextTechBlog) October 24, 2012
With just under 1,800 followers, @NextTechBlog is probably more fun for members of tech-related media than anyone else, but it's so funny and on-point we're glad to see Mr. Mitchell doesn't plan on using his big reveal as a preamble to shutting it down.
After all, as one tweeter noted, sometimes "we are all @NextTechBlog." … Read More
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