Skimming through his posts he was also “back” to writing in 2023. Looks like he wrote 2 things then. Maybe he’ll do a longer run this time, maybe a good half dozen posts before another 3 year break?
Including all the mentally unwell people/trolls in the comments who have become obsessed with Bob's Minecraft server project that did not work out.
Their righteous indignation will valiantly carry forth forever! Let them never stop obsessing! "But it matters!" "It's really important!" "He's a liar, and boy our society is collapsing because of liars!". Urghh. They are in the comments here too, riding high white horses.
Okay, bunch of memories came back of getting PBS's online presence going on AvantGo (one of the predecessors to "mobile web") and getting I, Cringely's column hosted on it...
I would love to see a follow-up series that covers the dot com bust, the revival of Silicon Valley’s tech industry thanks to mobile and cloud tech, and the modern AI boom, starting with deep neural networks ran on GPUs and culminating with large language models.
For clarity, he has a master's degree, not a Ph.D.
Via NYTime Nov. 16, 1998 article "Compressed Data; Stanford Gave Writer A Start, but Not a Ph.D." -
"The San Francisco Chronicle reported last week that Mr. Stephens had not been a professor at Stanford University and had not earned a doctorate there, as he had claimed."
"A university spokeswoman said that Mr. Stephens had worked as a teaching assistant and earned only a master's degree."
Skimming through his posts he was also “back” to writing in 2023. Looks like he wrote 2 things then. Maybe he’ll do a longer run this time, maybe a good half dozen posts before another 3 year break?
I wouldn't be here if I hadn't somehow obtained and read Accidental Empires as a kid. Still no empire of my own though :(
Including all the mentally unwell people/trolls in the comments who have become obsessed with Bob's Minecraft server project that did not work out.
Their righteous indignation will valiantly carry forth forever! Let them never stop obsessing! "But it matters!" "It's really important!" "He's a liar, and boy our society is collapsing because of liars!". Urghh. They are in the comments here too, riding high white horses.
It's always fun when an old relic pops up in ye olde RSS reader. His feed would have been one of the originals I started following 25 years ago or so.
I’m not going to be able to find the reference in my head, but I thought there had been a couple Bob’s over the years.
The descent into IBM hiring/etc is when I sort of last stopped reading.
Dang we're getting old ey?
Not old. Experienced.
Okay, bunch of memories came back of getting PBS's online presence going on AvantGo (one of the predecessors to "mobile web") and getting I, Cringely's column hosted on it...
Edit: some of these are still up there!
http://feeds.pbs.org/pbs/cringely/pulpit-audio
Neat, maybe he can do a followup on how OrangeDAO X Press Start Cap Fellowship Program for new Web3 entrepreneurs is going.
From reading that it seems that he and his crew are working on an AI chip?
I absolutely loved his "Triumph of the nerds" trilogy. It's my childhood!
Me too!
I have a list of similar content here:
https://github.com/superjamie/lazyweb/wiki/General-Tech-Ente...
Haven't updated it in a long time but hope you find something nice.
Thank you for sharing this! Its always fun to realize when either friends or fellow nerds happen to share a MASSIVE intersection of entertainment.
I would love to see a follow-up series that covers the dot com bust, the revival of Silicon Valley’s tech industry thanks to mobile and cloud tech, and the modern AI boom, starting with deep neural networks ran on GPUs and culminating with large language models.
<insert minecraft server kickstarter joke>
Link to actual post: https://www.cringely.com/2026/05/21/im-writing-again/
He's best known for Triumph of the Nerds but I really liked Plane Crazy, where he tries to build an airplane while basically having a breakdown:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164814/
Oh this guy who lied about his Masters Degree. No thank you.
For clarity, he has a master's degree, not a Ph.D.
Via NYTime Nov. 16, 1998 article "Compressed Data; Stanford Gave Writer A Start, but Not a Ph.D." -
"The San Francisco Chronicle reported last week that Mr. Stephens had not been a professor at Stanford University and had not earned a doctorate there, as he had claimed."
"A university spokeswoman said that Mr. Stephens had worked as a teaching assistant and earned only a master's degree."
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/16/business/compressed-data-...
Who?