Joe Brown's discussions

iPad 2 reinvented tablets all over again. When it came out, the competition was still behind the iPad 1. Samsung pulled the restart levers on Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 because they realized they couldn't compete. It was a major big deal product. Read more

Apple-rig my ass. The Transformer was a nothing more than a tablet with a keyboard. Yeah, it's kinda clever, but it's not going to have any effect on the future of gadgets. Read more

Yeah, I was bummed about that too. I thought the Lyto would have made it an extra round. Thing's gonna change the way we take pictures. Read more

You both make excellent points. I am totally with @garfnoodie that this is a measure of importance, and not what you like best—at least, that's what I intended it to be. But, that said, people are going to vote for what they want to vote for. All we can do is keep repeating the word "important." Read more

Samesies. I vote Kindle Fire for what it means to the tablet market as a whole. Read more

Mario's a total f-ing hipster. I will shoot him with a Nerf gun and call it even. Read more

As if! I only shrink my jeans in organic, fair-trade coffee. Cold-brewed. Read more

To the best of my knowledge, we started hiring hipsters back in 2006. But that was before my time. BRB, gotta go shrink my jeans... Read more

Nicely put Read more

I'm with you on this. Read more

I actually liked Fast Five.... Read more

I wish I could ban you again Read more

Pixlmonkey is an asshole and I banned him. Hi everybody! Read more

Some players get walked over in the first round. Nature of a tournament. Read more

I believe this is the HAARP project! (Look it up!) Read more

That's a really cool feature, Meredith! Can I call you Meredith? Are we on first-name basis? OK, I will stop now... So yeah, our new system has some of that same spirit in it, where discussions are really intelligently threaded. I can't wait to share it with you guys! Read more

We thought a lot about adding her—needless to say, this list will never be perfect in everyone's eyes. I wanted to keep it to 25, though, and we really wanted to show you guys the people you hadn't heard of who influence the people you *have* heard of. Read more

Thanks! Read more

D'oh! Read more

Disgrace is a strong term. Jesus gets riled up and speaks his mind, just like you guys do. I can't stop him from banning people (our system isn't set up like that—if you're a writer, you can ban; we're working on the system though, so sit tight), but I can continue to offer my own services as an arbiter and appeals… Read more