The Problem With Early Reviews

John Biggs, writing at TechCrunch:

In the end, the real reviews are the ones that percolate up out of the forums and blogosphere.

That’s absolutely true in my experience. Reviews by 20-/30-/40-somethings blogging from their basement or posting on their favorite forum are almost always more useful to me than the popular reviews. I still read the latter, but I rely far more on the former.