Comments for Techmeme Becomes A Cyborg With Hire of Human Editor - Megan McCarthy

Techmeme Becomes A Cyborg With Hire of Human Editor - Megan McCarthy

2008-12-03T21:26:32Z

Freelance tech writer Megan McCarthy just landed one of the coolest jobs on the new web, editing semi-automated news aggregator Techmeme. The hire was made last month but just announced today in a blog post by site founder Gabe Rivera.

McCarthy's new job is really interesting in a number of ways. Rivera says with her addition "it really feels like the age of the news cyborg has arrived." It's also very interesting because of who McCarthy is. Most of all it's interesting because it's an absolute dream job for any tech news junky. We discuss the hire in depth over on Jobwire, our site dedicated to covering new hires in tech and new media.

Comment from Kỹ sư xây dựng on 2008-12-03

2008-12-04T07:16:38Z

Congrats to Megan McCarthy

Comment from Beau on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T22:55:07Z

The Techmeme model of using a human+algorithm combo is a really a great approach to news delivery. I've been working on a similar effort focused on aggregating sports content (buzztap.com) which will also soon be adding a human editor. If you're a sports fan, check it out.

Comment from Me on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T22:31:43Z

It's certainly a job where you learn a lot. News monkey. And I thought only code monekys would exist ;)

Comment from Joaquin on 2008-12-03

2008-12-03T21:37:43Z

Megan's new jog:

-Scan Google News for news of Google of course. Pick top 2 stories.
-Find one interesting piece of how Facebook or Twitter plans to make money
-Hmm, how about a story about Apple?
-Ok, wander over to VentureBeat, GigaOm, TechCrunch, RRW and paidcontent. Add 2-3 most popular from each.
-Can I find a few stories about cloud computing from some obscure tech trades?
-Oh yea, something sexy, like a new Paris Hilton video.

Punch the clock...