Among Engadget's ranks are some of the leaders in new technology journalism - easily the strongest, most clever and adept team this publication has ever had. So if you're supposed to quit while you're on top, then I'll be doing just that: Engadget continues to enjoy growth at a healthy clip even despite leading the medium - and that has everything to do with the dozen editors who work their asses off day in and day out. Today it's easy to take for granted that a publication like this even exists - but I don't think anyone, especially us, ever thought Engadget would become what it has. It wasn't so long ago that Peter and I were scraping around, pitching stories to Slashdot, scrambling to get press passes, and just generally struggling to get a blog taken seriously in a magazine's world. And not unlike the gadget industry we cover, the site and the medium have changed and matured immensely in the past few years. Suffice it to say, Engadget has developed into one of the most vital, respected technology media brands of the decade. With Josh Topolsky at the helm and Joshua Fruhlinger's stewardship, I have no doubt that Engadget won't just carry on, but will become even better than ever.
Also, Engadget's current Managing Editor Joshua Fruhlinger will soon begin to formally oversee the AOL Tech network, including Switched, TUAW, Download Squad, and the Engadget network. I'll be leaving Engadget in the immensely talented hands of Josh Topolsky, whose vision and voice will ensure the site lives up to its legacy as gadget publication nonpareil. I'm extremely excited - but there's also simply no way I can give up working with Engadget that easily, so I'll remain on as editor-at-large, where I'll have a longer-term advisory role to the site (and do some writing from time to time, as well). It's in Engadget's DNA, and it's what's kept me glued to the site most waking hours of most days for over four years now.īut fresh challenges can also be addictive, which is why I've decided to step down as editor of this publication in late August so as to start a new company. It really gets into you, keeps you up at night, makes you stay in on weekends. For most of us here, at some point the sensation of breaking the news takes hold and turns into something else, something much more like an addiction.