This is Slackist

This first post was intended to be an introduction to slackist. What it will cover, the viewpoint it will take and why the world needs another news/punditry/review site.

But in trying to sum up slackist, I ended up with several pages that didn’t summarize much of anything.

So I’m taking a new tack. Simply, slackist is everything I am passionate about: movies, games, tech, the Mac, politics, economics, public policy, design, ideas, solving problems and making things better. slackist is also a wink, nod and secret handshake to genx who increasingly seem to be on the same unspoken page: something needs to be done. Sometimes slackist will be cynical and disillusioned but our core pragmatism will always aim to find the best, chide the worst and fix the future. And have a nerdy good time doing it.

A world without time to rebuild your energy, hone your skills and create new things is stagnant. We know we can do better. Now it’s time to do it.

Thanks for listening and I welcome your feedback.

A piece by Matt on July 4, 2009