The Big Empty
“Never underestimate the ability of shallow people to fill a void in their lives with something equally as vacuous.”
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Attention Deficit Misnomer
about 1 day ago - 4 comments
Sometime this week, I will go over 5,000 followers on Twitter. If it’s a typical day, I’ll snag a handful of people, but later than day I will lose a few who are either spammers who got their accounts busted or people who got offended that I didn’t follow them back, and revoked their interest More >
Regression to the Mean
about 1 week ago - No comments
It’s time for the return of the Demotivational Devotional.
(made with the Despair.com Do-It-Yourself De-Motivator)
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This is Not a Psychotic Episode
about 2 weeks ago - 4 comments
(A reminder… this is a reposting from the mcarp archives… the prophetic genius and brilliance are his, the ones/zeros and pixels are mine. And the pictures. Oh, and the subheads. I added those, just to help break up the page.)
“This is a cleansing moment of clarity.”
— Howard Beale, “Network!” (1976)
Network!, in case you’ve never seen More >
Out and About
about 1 month ago - No comments
Last year, I did a bit of traveling and speaking. While it’s been nice to share, it’s also nice to learn a little. For the next few weeks I’ll be doing a bit of both.
Friday the 29th, I’ll be at the University of Alabama, talking with the faculty of the College of Human Environmental Sciences More >
What I Am Up To
about 1 month ago - 4 comments
“You don’t write about your job anymore.”
After a couple of gentle prods, I was reminded that I don’t talk about my work as much as I used to. The nature of my work with Alabama Power is quite different than what I did with the American Red Cross. The Red Cross is in the spotlight More >
Owning My Links
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
Part of the reason I started noodling with Wordpress was the ability to “own” my own site. Not have it hosted elsewhere, not beholden to anyone else’s whims and limitations. I can do what I want with the template and the look and the feel and the content. I can even move the URL around, More >
Eleven Words Guaranteed To Generate Killer Search Engine Traffic and Clicks
about 3 months ago - 11 comments
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Social Media is History
about 3 months ago - 2 comments
There. I said it.
This notion of “citizen journalism” and “conversations” and “participation” is history.
And here is the proof:
This is a “blog post” from Amos Doolittle, from the year 1813, called “Brother Johnathan Administering a Salutary Cordial to John Bull.”
In it, our protagonist (Brother Johnathan) is forcing foul swill down the mouth of one of her More >
Unearned Legacies
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
Yesterday, I pointed out how Facebook’s automated attempts at peppering me with relevant information had the unintended consequence of creating a virtual seance – connecting with the dead. I don’t really blame Facebook per se, because no one has yet filed to archive Scott’s wall as a memorial account. However, there are still major gaps More >
Digital Legacies
about 3 months ago - 4 comments
Through all of the various revamps and stylesheets, some aspects of Facebook remain. Such as the penchant for reminders. Five of your friends are having birthdays, and here are some people that you might know based on common friends. The latest incarnation is prompts to nudge those with no profile pictures, or reminders to re-connect More >
about 3 months ago
Amen.