Cnet’s senior editor James Kim was found dead in the wilderness in southern Oregon, after his family’s car had broken down. Cnet has an In Memoriam on Kim if you haven’t read about it yet – it’s all over the blogosphere. Our condolences to the family, of course, it’s a tragedy indeed.
Duncan Riley picks up on a SMH report that states that the Kim family took a route that should be left alone in the winter, but is still recommended on numerous map services online. Such as Google Maps…
Certainly if proven true, this could be a world first: Google kills CNet journalist.
How’s that for the sensational tabloid take on the tragedy? Hold on, it gets worse…
I suppose on a positive note, atleast for the Kim family, Google isn’t short on cash for a settlement.
Really Duncan, that’s morbid and cynical if anything… Now, I don’t want the 901am readers to take this the wrong way, I’m sure that Duncan doesn’t mean anything bad with the post, but I can certainly see people reacting to it.
Be sure to check out his 9 tips for surviving the road as well. They feel slightly more suitable for this tragedy, actually.
Originally posted on December 9, 2006 @ 3:54 am
I’ve had it up to here with people blaming other people for someone else’s tragedy. Get a clue folks.
No joke. It’s not google’s fault. It’s his for not being better prepared. It’s a tragedy yes. But its a tragedy of not being prepared.
I’d note I wasn’t blaming anyone, it was an observation on a MSM piece. On the compensation side, I think that’s a fair observation, I wasn’t talking ill of the dead, I was noting that should it go to court, Google would settle, personally I couldn’t think of anything worse that the family having to fight for compensation. I wasn’t thinking literally in terms of the $ either, just the ability to come to a quick settlement.
From what I’ve been able to gather James Kim used real maps and not online maps.