'Personal' Category
Pulling a Fast One
The “Falsity in Advertising” award for the week goes to Disney’s DVD division, for their wonderful “Fast Play” technology. “Fast Play” is supposed to be a way of helping small children get the movie started with a smaller number of clicks. In practice, it serves to infuriate this parent because it locks you [...]
Proud and Tickled
I have to say that I am immensely proud of all the Red Cross disaster relief workers who have used New Media tools to share the word about what is really happening. You guys have really picked up the ball and run with it — and now more than ever it’s important to showcase what [...]
The Summertime Blues
No case of summertime blues here, as life is going very well.
Good for me, but bad for Occam’s RazR that I’ve been busy acclimating to a new job at the same time I’m trying to wrap up freelance projects. One of them involves some serious writing, measured in quantity and quality. Simply put, any creative [...]The 90-Trick Pony
Back in my teevee and radio days, I worked with some amazing people. Many are still contributing to the business, and everyone had something important to share. Some of those lessons, however, were by negative example.
We’ll call him Carl. Carl was a journeyman, bouncing from station to station in town. He [...]Waiting for the Green Light
I have good news. I will have a new employer.
Mind you, I wasn’t keen on leaving my current one, but life sometimes gets overtaken by events beyond our control.
I’ll share the details when it is safe to go public. But life is good, and there’s no need to worry.
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