Internet on life support: Overreaction, bile devolve social media
Vitriol has been around since the dawn of civilization. But with the advent and ensuing ubiquity of the Internet, its pervasiveness increased to unforetold levels. From bullying that occurred in early...
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The ground is muddy with thawing. The birds are chirping noticeably at five o’clock in the morning. The forecast is calling for it to be no lower than 50 degrees the next […]
View ArticleBottomless weekends make for topless weekdays
Life and the number of days we have to live is neither promised, reserved or supposed to be. We only have so many ticks of the clock of consciousness at our disposal before the time comes that our...
View Article4 reasons beer is better than politicians
English: American Artist Marie Beer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) My Facebook feed is a mess. So is my LinkedIn feed And my Twitter feed isn’t that much better. I would suggest politicians are to blame....
View ArticleLinkedIn, Microsoft lock in to rise of short attention spans
Life is short. Our ability to remain focused is considerably less. Consequently, the biggest enemy to indefinite political discussion is the inability of the current business community at large to...
View ArticleDon’t click this if you want your life to remain the same
Facebook logo Español: Logotipo de Facebook Français : Logo de Facebook Tiếng Việt: Logo Facebook (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Consider yourself in the majority and also a person who is easily influenced...
View ArticleThe quest for light in a pessimistic world
I keep telling myself that the best days for all of us lie ahead, but with each setting sun, it’s getting harder and harder to convince myself this is truth. Perhaps I’m just a guy who’s getting older...
View ArticleTech still fails speech, hearing impaired
Much like Facebook friends that sincerely don’t care about whatever it is you post, I tend not to care about whether or not they care. Let’s face it. If there was an “I don’t care” button to click on,...
View ArticleRegarding Facebook: It’s not when but why
I recently read how being on Facebook is detrimental to your health. I’m sure it is as when you indulge in time sucks of the variety that Facebook is, there is no denying that a large part of the...
View ArticleHow batteries single-handedly thwart mankind's advancement
Newspapers have never required batteries in order to function. And I like reading magazines still because I don’t have to worry about the battery on them running down. If it were thick enough, I could...
View ArticleInternet on life support: Overreaction, bile devolve social media
Vitriol has been around since the dawn of civilization. But with the advent and ensuing ubiquity of the Internet, its pervasiveness increased to unforetold levels. From bullying that occurred in early...
View ArticleHopes spring eternal: Breaking from the divide-inducing threads of unsocial...
The ground is muddy with thawing. The birds are chirping noticeably at five o’clock in the morning. The forecast is calling for it to be no lower than 50 degrees the next 10 days. I know Punxsutawney...
View ArticleThe Internet Perils of Pauline
We have Internet privacy issues and it’s no surprise. Except to the media who would have you believe what a problem it suddenly all is. Like a lot of things that have been bad for a while, however, the...
View ArticleNevermind Apple, Facebook has lost its mojo
It’s fashionable for tech journalists to periodically write about Apple losing its mojo. It can create a spike of views and readers. But it also is mostly fake news. Apple’s approach to negative news,...
View ArticleWhy likes or lack thereof and not scratching only cause temporary misery
If I were to truly be off the grid I would use a typewriter instead of a word processor, app or some other contraption that involves software born of the digital age. Being off the grid is something...
View ArticleSMH at Facebook
What if Facebook was named something else? I really can’t say it wouldn’t be as popular as it is if it was, it’s just that the name gives me the feeling it was chosen just before the executive team...
View ArticleThe lure of the like
What’s expected to happen does not always. This happens a lot in sports. It is probably best to expect the unexpected when wagering. I’m talking to you Baltimore Ravens’ pickers. And at least for the...
View ArticleCritical thinkers not influenced by Facebook or TV ads
Critical thinkers not influenced by Facebook or TV adsI was looking for something other than NFL football to watch and listen to on Sundays and as usual, stumbled upon something that fit the bill...
View ArticleUnsocial media, PC upgrades highlight dog days reading fun
Unsocial media, PC upgrades highlight dog days reading funYeah, I could add an SSD to the innards of the Intel Core 2 Duo tower, but I instead opted to first max out the memory from 4GB to 8....
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