It’s like clockwork. When anyone gets a payday, there are those who will express dissatisfaction with one thing or another that they’re doing to cheat the system, hurt the little guy, or kill innocent animals. Clockwork. Disclosure: I am an unpaid and (very) occasional contributor for Business Insider. Even if I were not, I would still defend them against the horde. First and foremost, everyone is right. Business Insider has made a killing by taking advantage of a system that is designed to reward content aggregation more than hard-hitting journalism. In the world of journalism, it’s an unfair…

This is huge news. It has been huge news for a while ever since we found out that the co-founder and CEO of Apple was ill. Still, to cover every “tastemaker’s” tweet, every angle, every speculated twist and turn – it’s overkill. Steve Jobs resigned. We knew it was coming. He has pancreatic cancer. The prognosis for this disease is not good. It’s amazing that he has been able to operate at the level he has for so long. But, we knew this was coming. Now that it has, it’s sad, but does it really deserve this much space? /rant…