This topic was created by Gordon 10 .
Worstall no longer writes a weekend column for El Reg. Thus there's nothing missing.
And just to make my, Worstall's, opinion of this clear. El Ed has an absolute right to deploy his resources, his freelance budget, as he sees fit. I thoroughly enjoyed writing for y'all and also have no complaint whatsoever about El Ed deciding it's something that didn't quite work out as perhaps hoped.
But where is the rest of the weekend edition?! I miss the post-pub nosh neckfiller.
..And related, what happened to Lewis Page? I gather he left, but there is usually a Site News article when a notable contributor leaves; or there is a significant shift. There was when Page and Orlowski took the helm as Editor and Executive Editor; there was when the Moderatrix was leaving.
Why not when two of the most observable, commented upon authors depart is there not a blip?
Lester writes the Post-pub nosh neckfillers. He has just completed the second round and is taking a break. I think there was a year or more between the first lot of neckfillers and the second lot.
Tim is a freelancer and writes for many publications. We have never had a sign-off article for freelancers - for one thing they might write for us again.
I have no recollection of article announcing Lewis and Andrew jobs. Are you sure about this?
On valedictory articles - some writers do them, some don't. We do not have a policy on this.
Sorry to see you go Tim. Your pieces were interesting, well argued and fun to read. As well as sparking lots of good discussion afterwards. So I'd have thought you generated your fair share of clicks. On the other hand, I broadly agree with you on economics, and maybe El Reg needed someone from the other side as well, to not annoy the more "lefty" readership?
Anyway I accidentally discovered you were on Forbes, while reading Frances Coppola about Eurozone v Greece round 15, in June. There don't seem to be many comments on there though. No commentard bunfight to join in.
You normally replay one of his greatest hits. As it is I thought he'd been made surplus to requirements along with the rest of the Weekend Edition.
FWIW I quite liked the book, cinema, and car reviews, and occasional long-read techy feature (how to build a...).
The longer pieces were a particular joy of mine. I think there's something inherently geeky in appreciating good writing by an expert extolling the virtues of their field, and showing it off. Although I can't do bugger all with a car apart from drive it, and will probably never buy a new one, I love reading good motoring journalism, and some of the expert pieces you've had about building cars have really chimed for me. No doubt there are plenty of places to read that kind of thing, but - for me at least - El Reg's reputation tells me that an article is going to be worth reading. And I'll add to that your coverage of science (noted elsewhere) - I really appreciate that your journos stay sober long enough to write a subject up properly, and not just re-vamp the press release. Also noted elsewhere - for various reasons - linking to the DOI of an article would drive traffic in your direction.
The Weekend Edition had a good fun run, it must be said. Nothing like a little downtime at the end of the week to cover non-IT stuff.
Having said that, we've rejigged our output to better focus on the weekdays, essentially pouring as much of our energy into what we do during the week when most people are looking at the site.
Dabbs, On-Call etc that used to appear on Saturdays and Sundays now appear on Friday before everyone fscks off to the pub/family/suburbia/mountain-top-HQ. Doctor Who review appears after its airing on Saturday evening BBC TV.
Of course, if anything big happens over the weekend - devastating earthquake in Silicon Valley, Facebook hacked, etc - we'll be here to cover it.
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