about 1 year ago - 143 comments
Note: if someone sent you this link, and you want to just skip to the fun part of the post, click here. But please come back for the meat… “Help, I’ve been mugged in the United Kingdom!” If you do see this pop up in a Facebook chat, don’t freak out. It means your friend
about 1 year ago - No comments
“There are better ways to sample local flavor than mowing with your mouth open.”
about 1 year ago - 213 comments
I wish I had a nickel for every Social Media Guru. And I wish I had a quarter for every one of them that ran from that description. It’s time for the Guru to die, because as a term it’s too generic to mean anything useful. For that matter, “Expert” and “Maven” need to go,
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
“Modern politics is an endless onion. You can peel back layers as long as you want, and everything you find smells bad and makes you cry.”
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
How space affects a woman’s perception of time. Conclusion: Apparently, space increases overall satisfaction.
about 1 year ago - 10 comments
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
“Social Media is like a rugby match. Lots of touchy-feely in the scrum, very little movement, and no one is quite sure of the rules.”
about 1 year ago - 10 comments
…and other perceptive comments from the Fifth Estate. (More from the mcarp archives… the prophetic genius and brilliance are his; the ones/zeros, pixels, pictures and subheads and pull-quotes are mine.) This is the next to last of the mcarp essays, written over a decade ago by former broadcast journalist Michael Carpenter. I got his permission
about 1 year ago - 7 comments
Traditional Journalism is in for several more tremors before the implosion is finished. I’ve mentioned several of the trends that are accelerating the shift toward a concept I call the Embedded Journalist, but don’t expect that transition to be smooth. In California, for example, a political campaign high on finance and low on interest is