Growing Up

Posted on March 4, 2011 Written by 11 Comments

Long ago, there was a young man who thought he liked telling stories. He was pretty good at it.

Then he thought he might like helping others share their stories. He got pretty good at that, too.

Later, he discovered that he had a knack for helping others say what they needed to under duress. And he had a decent sense for how to use online channels to do just that.

And now here I am.

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Off the Wall

Posted on January 4, 2011 Written by 55 Comments
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Fantasyland.

When I worked in TV news, “Fantasyland” was known as the area where the Producers sat.
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Teaching Intent

Posted on December 29, 2010 Written by 18 Comments
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I’m going to start with a story I’ve used before, but this time it comes in a different context.

(Your intent matters…)

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The Case for Strong Passwords

Posted on December 14, 2010 Written by 20 Comments
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The massive Gawker password breach has kicked off a part-voluntary and part-mandatory wave of password changes.

A crook who gets into your email can get just about anywhere — and not all of them end up getting jacked around by me on Facebook Chat.

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When Your Friend Gets Hacked

Posted on December 3, 2010 Written by 143 Comments
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“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 has been hacked. It usually starts with their email address being compromised, and the identity thief uses that to take over other online accounts.

Here’s what you need to know to help your friend (and here’s why you don’t want to try to hack my friends.)

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Divergence? Surely You Can’t Be Serious

Posted on December 2, 2010 Written by 6 Comments
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I am serious, and stop calling me Shirley.

That line became a part of the culture a generation ago, and some might argue it was popular enough to still be recognized before the recent death of Leslie Nielsen. What you may not know is how much of a landmark that line (and the genre of humor around it) truly had become.

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How Not to Use Youtube

Posted on November 24, 2010 Written by 91 Comments
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Video is increasingly important for a variety of reasons. First, we’re just now getting a handle on how persuasive you can be when better engaging the visual cortex. There are some stories that play better with visual and emotional information. And lastly, Youtube is now the second-largest search engine, right behind its parent company, Google.

So I thought I would share an example of how to use Youtube in all the wrong ways.

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