Blogs, Books, and Immortality

(The audio is still here, I have moved it to the bottom.) Several people are prodding me to write a book. I probably have several in me that I don't yet know are there - along with the ones I know are there but I've been too lazy to … [Continue reading]

Everybody Has A Story

...even if they aren't already aware of it. [audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/o123.mp3|titles=Everybody Has A Story] I was conducting a presentation skills seminar for a group of engineers, and I was using one of my … [Continue reading]

When Good News Gets Strangled

[audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/o122.mp3|titles=When Good News Gets Strangled] If you look at Birmingham as a metropolitan area, you find growth. If you look at Birmingham as just the city proper, and you find a city that … [Continue reading]

Fluid Platforms and Singing Whales

[audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/o121.mp3|titles=Fluid Platforms and Singing Whales] There will be a theme for the next week or so. Disruption and Adjustment. Before last week I had never heard of Ryu Murakami, but he's at … [Continue reading]

Taste of the Town

{{myquote|There are better ways to sample local flavor than mowing with your mouth open.}} … [Continue reading]

A Blind Love for Video

[audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/o120.mp3|titles=o120] Sam is a friend of mine from college. He sent me a rant the other day. I think most news outlets WAAAYYY overvalue their internet video content. For the record: I HATE … [Continue reading]

The I-Dumbing of Journalism

[audio:http://occamsrazr.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/o119.mp3|titles=The I-Dumbing of Journalism] This may be the single stupidest thing I have ever seen on television. And I used to work in television news, so that's saying something. An … [Continue reading]