Continuing our series on self-deprecation, I bring you an open letter from Gizmodo editor emeritus Joel Johnson, published on Tuesday, where the clearly bitter former editor vents his frustration about bleeding edge gadget adopters (which probably includes many of you) and gadget bloggers, like me. The problem? We're screwing ourselves over (and keeping far too many companies in business in the process) by being early adopters of gadgets that don't end up working like they should - and then not complaining loudly enough about those problems when they happen.

Joel certainly has a point - it's the same problem sports fans run into; one that baseball fans refer to as feeling like there are 162 seasons in a year (in other words, not seeing the forest for the trees). The fix? Make sure that the commentaries we all make about the shiny things we love go beyond repeating the party line ensconced in press releases and actually come up with our own opinions about whether or not a gadget is worth the time. Come on: I promise to do my part if you promise to do yours.