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Archive for May, 2011
TV Catching Up to Me?
May 19th
About a year and a half ago, I put forward the novel idea that cable and satellite providers needed to step up their offerings. Shows are increasingly becoming commodities, and there are other ways to access them, in whole or just the good parts.
Now, it looks like DirecTV is taking that first step. A new feature will link the DVR to Facebook and Twitter accounts, allowing you to share what you are watching and recording with your circle of friends.
Not quite the same as uploading clips, social sharing, and the resulting ad revenue generation. But it is a start.
(Given the number of social services starting the develop around the fringe of the viewing experience, like IntoNow and GetGlue, the window for that first step is rapidly closing.)
Expect to see even more convergence.
Wisdom from Top to Bottom
May 17th
“A word to the wise is sufficient. For the rest, there is my foot and your behind.”
Handling the Truth
May 15th
“Those who can’t handle the truth are often just afraid of developing callouses.”
Welcome, Spin Sucks Readers
May 6th
Thanks for coming by, and following the deranged advice of Gini Dietrich, who had no business sending you here. My name is Ike, and I will be your curator today.
As I mention, I am going to be writing less here. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t visit or subscribe. I’ll still drop little gems from time to time.
Since you came over, though, I thought I’d leave you a list of things to check out, which stand a tiny chance of living up to Gini’s hype.
- The Field Guide to Social Media Weasels
- The Sub-Prime Primer
- Absolution
- Secure E-Mail for Kids
- Friending Strangers on Fakebook
- …and the sequel, The Cindy in Your Town
- How Not to Use Youtube
- The Turkeys on Your TV
- Destined to Obscurity
- A Load of Fertilizer
- The Flow of the First Mover
- When Your Friend Gets Hacked
- Divergence? Surely, You Can’t Be Serious
- Lessons From the Tin Man
…and a bunch of others. Really, I’ve probably left out a dozen or more that I really liked, but just didn’t remember.
If you have a favorite that wasn’t listed, shout it in the comments.
And if you want tiny little bites, check out the entire My Quotes category. Wisdom on Post-It Notes.
Thanks for coming by. Maybe I will get busy here again one day.
Four Years and Scattered Days
May 5th
I started Occam’s Razr during the New Years’ break of 2007. And I was fairly regular in writing (with the occasional hiatus) up to the start of 2011.
Four years of material, and I stand by every bit of it.
Listen to: Four Years and Scattered Days
In fact, I sometimes go back through the archives looking for one piece, and re-discover something else that I didn’t remember writing until that moment. But I remain proud of the words, and believe I have lived up to my charge of writing things that aren’t focused on the here and the now. More >
