I can’t believe I’m actually doing this. I had hoped that all this big bad Facebook nonsense would go away on its own but now I can see that’s not going to happen. And all the breathless, sensationalist hype over a 6,000+ word NY Times expose Delay, Deny and Deflect: How[…] Read On
I was a superhero junky growing up. I wasn’t partial to Marvel or DC Comics but there has always been a distinct difference between the two: Marvel’s writing was more personal, its characters more real. Accessible. Lovable. Hateable too. In a word, Marvel’s superheroes were more human. That was comic[…] Read On
The right declared victory in the midterms. So did the left. And you know Trump. Trump is always winning. So who lost? I know somebody did. Actually, hundreds of somebodies lost. Everyone can’t be a winner all the time, can they? Sure they can. It’s called spin. We do the[…] Read On
We live in a sound bite culture. That’s fine for sensational headlines and pithy tweets but when senseless words take on lives of their own – when they dictate our actions, define our culture and have us marching in lockstep like digital drones – that’s when words spell trouble. Take[…] Read On
Vincent: I’m gonna take a piss. Mia: That’s a little bit more information than I needed, Vince, but go right ahead. – Pulp Fiction Too much information. The witty reply has become so popular it even has its own acronym, TMI. Snarky retort aside, is it true in a broader sense?[…] Read On
When someone answers a “why” question with “it’s complicated,” it’s a safe bet that it isn’t. You would think pretty much everyone’s heard the “keep it simple” or “less is more” message by now. The question is, why do we insist on making everything so damned complicated? We’re forever assigning[…] Read On
May you live in interesting times. – Anon Ever see an interview with Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg? Read a tweet by Larry Page or Satya Nadella. I didn’t think so. Why do you think the CEOs of some of the world’s most valuable companies keep such low profiles? Because[…] Read On