MAXIMUM PC to me has always been more than just another tech publication. It’s got a history and a reputation behind it. From its earliest days as Boot magazine, to the heady heights of Gordon Mah Ung’s run as editor, to the closure of its website back in 2017, and my own coronavirus-stressed tenure, it’s had its fair share of ups and downs.
But honestly, my biggest takeaway from it—and perhaps the biggest reason why I came back to it—is the community. All of you who still subscribe, support us, and write in— whether that’s with suggestions, or anger and complaints, or just questions and praise—you continue to make Maximum PC better than it was the day before. It’s a key part of why I believe it’s still so successful. We might not have as much budget as we once did, and the team’s much smaller now too, but the fact all of us care so deeply about this place is a credit I think to the work of everyone who came before us, and all of you guys and gals out there who still read these pages today.
That puts me in a difficult position, because I know it’s not really our place to make statements on morality, or ethics, or politics, or anything along those lines. That’s not what we’re here to do. After all, we’re tech journalists, and for the majority of you that’s where our expertise ends, and rightly so. However, I got into this profession because I wanted to make a difference, I wanted to make the world a better place in my own small way, and I believe wholeheartedly in honesty, and in the First Amendment in its entirety.