Drive By Disappointment

Be careful. You might be advertising an availability that you aren't delivering upon, because public assumptions are changing. [audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/o156.mp3|titles=Drive By Distraction] Dinner is Served I was … [Continue reading]

War of Words

Our Bible study on Wednesday night started with a question: What's the difference between happiness and joy? [audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/o155.mp3|titles=War of Words] I thought I knew, but didn't really. I had my own … [Continue reading]

Scaring Up Some Action

It's great when you can grow a community online, share ideas, and even inspire. Yet most online communities (and connections, for that matter) don't grow beyond "Accept" and "Like." So why build an engine for action without giving it some … [Continue reading]

Unlocked Locks

Electronic publishing, in all of its varied forms, has freed us from the tyranny of packaging. How much longer can the remaining tyrants hold on to their traditions? [audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/o152.mp3|titles=Unlocked … [Continue reading]

Predictions About Predictions

Three-and-a-half years ago, I wrote a spoof about how analysis of mood and syntax on Twitter could be used to predict a woman's likely moment of ovulation. A year-and-a-half ago, I wrote a piece about how Google was assembling a significant-enough … [Continue reading]

The Cindy In Your Town

The fakes appear to have the shakes. (This is a follow up to Friending Strangers on Fakebook. Please read it first. I'm told it is long, but that it doesn't seem like it.) [audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/o151.mp3|titles=The … [Continue reading]

Friending Strangers On Fakebook

Do you still think you need to be connecting to everyone in Social Media? After Farmville and Mafia Wars, the biggest games on Facebook involve your data. [audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/o150.mp3|titles=Friending Strangers … [Continue reading]