Silicon Valley Users Guide: The funniest site you're still not reading

Published: October 24, 2007, 8:30 am

Tags: silicon valley users guide, uncov

Uncov is a hot little site that posts cruelly funny reviews of the same Web 2.0 companies and products that appear on TechCrunch. People who read it think everyone else does, too. They're wrong. So: A newbie's intro to Uncov.Ted is the site's star writer. A computer scientist by training, he's naturally repulsed by the flimsy, poorly executed software passed off as world-changing innovation. He's like Slashdot commenters, if Slashdot commenters were funny. FAIL is Uncov's catchphrase. Rather than meticulously grade the fine points of yet another "browser-based operating system," Ted just stamps FAIL on a photo or screenshot. Actual software design and development experience is what separates Uncov from generic trash-talking sites and the half-baked "technical" minds blogging away about the emergent we-future when Web 2.0 services will transform everyone into conference speakers. Best Uncov reviews: Zoho DB: Software as a Disservice Believe me when I tell you

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