Mathowie in the Post

September 22, 2005 11:28 AM

Our own Mr. Haughey quoted in the Washington Post.
posted by blue_beetle to MetaFilter-Related at 11:28 AM (24 comments total)

Is world domination far behind?

Matt for President!
posted by blue_beetle at 11:29 AM on September 22, 2005

And on slashdot, as well.
posted by delmoi at 11:30 AM on September 22, 2005

Matt is really the goto-guy for press treatments of DVR stuff, huh? Not to diminish Matt's expertise or the importance of his DVR blog, but it's a good example of how small the world of talking heads and the like really are. Reporters go to the same people other reporters have gone to.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:41 AM on September 22, 2005

Man, that guy really likes PVRs.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 12:19 PM on September 22, 2005

Yeah, it's pretty much just me for the talking head thing. This was probably the third reporter I talked to this week, but he did get the nuance I was trying to convey; that this was a "burn your tivos!" moment but something more along the lines of "huh, we could be fucked in the future"
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:39 PM on September 22, 2005

that this was a "burn your tivos!" moment but something more along the lines of "huh, we could be fucked in the future"

Now there's a quote I'd really like to see in the Post.
posted by anastasiav at 12:43 PM on September 22, 2005

Holla!
posted by rocketman at 1:30 PM on September 22, 2005

Looks like its an AP article. Also quoted on CNN.
posted by grateful at 1:51 PM on September 22, 2005

I saw him in Newsweek today too.... 9/26 issue, if it hasn't been posted here already.
posted by spilon at 2:01 PM on September 22, 2005

wasn't, not was. ugh.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 2:05 PM on September 22, 2005

whoa, there's my quote as the title of the newsweek piece. I didn't know this was online.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 2:13 PM on September 22, 2005

TiVo: 'What This Uncovered Is Really Scary'

Wow, that is impressive. Doesn't it feel sort of weird? Like you have some nebulous power you can wield? That you're "important" enough to quote in the title of a Newsweek story?
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 2:22 PM on September 22, 2005

It does feel weird, yeah.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 2:40 PM on September 22, 2005

Matt: how much time per week would you say you spend on TiVo and PVR-related activities?

I'm not asking to be an asshole or snark or make JRun jokes; rather, I think about my job and all the stuff I do and I wonder: how the fuck does he have time to run MeFi and have a new kid and keep up on PVR developments and diddle with his own PVR and etc etc etc. Because like I don't even have time to run CallParisParamusAButtheadOnMefiBlog. So.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 2:50 PM on September 22, 2005

It's only like an hour here and there, like any other hobby.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:16 PM on September 22, 2005

posted by stet at 3:50 PM on September 22, 2005

I'm sorry, it's just that that joke never gets old.
posted by stet at 3:50 PM on September 22, 2005

MetaFilter: it's just that that joke never gets old.
posted by sonofsamiam at 4:16 PM on September 22, 2005

wasn't, not was
Uh, I'm pretty sure that's Was (Not Was)
posted by kirkaracha at 4:28 PM on September 22, 2005

Man, I loved Was (Not Was). I only had "Born to Laugh at Tornados", but I loved that album. I need to get that on digital somehow.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 5:31 PM on September 22, 2005

I'm only surprised that the TiVo/DVR media relations people aren't contacting Number 1 as much as the press. Or are they? If I were a TiVo flack, I'd make myself available 24/7: 'Quick, it's the Matt-phone!'
posted by holgate at 5:31 PM on September 22, 2005

It's only like an hour here and there, like any other hobby

MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!
posted by JRun at 8:11 PM on September 22, 2005

It's only like an hour here and there, like any other hobby

Yeah, an hour in the morning, one in the afternoon, another one in the evening. Oh and maybe another one in the wee hours if the mood strikes.
posted by dg at 8:29 PM on September 22, 2005

MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!
posted by JRun at 8:11 PM PST on September 22

I'm having some serious deja vu....
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:21 PM on September 22, 2005