Tom Merritt vs Mike Elgan

Tom Merritt is probably the smartest Technology pundit of them all, better (even) than his former boss Leo Laporte.

Unlike Leo, Tom is egotistical and not nearly as likeable.

Still, Tom was my #1 tech news authority before getting fired by Leo late 2013. His salary of $200,000 or so was not being recouped. Money was the main issue, I believe.

Tom was replaced by … Mike Elgan.

A guy I’d never heard of. Something of the opposite of Tom Merritt.

Mike was terrible on audio at first. No gift of the gab, at all. Reviews were tragic. Over the months he got better and better. Mike is very smart. And very well connected in the Tech world.

He has 3,289,961 followers on Google+.

Though I don’t do much on Google+, I follow Mike on TWIT.

I just subscribed to Tom’s audiocast Daily Tech News Show.

I’ll listen to both. They are quite different.