Since I don’t write here daily, it’s easy to miss new stuff on this blog. My friend Chris Brogan, guest-posting at Shannon Paul’s place, calls the content I create here a “craft blog” and distinguishes it from a typical blog that’s updated more frequently, with shorter posts. Understandably, Chris says, my essays here are “something [...]
How to Get Regular Updates of Annarchy
October 10th, 2008 · Comments
Tags: Social Media · Technology · writing
I Suspect Everyone Else Is Smarter, Better-Looking, Taller, Cooler, Cuter, Has Newer and Shinier Objects than I Do (and Is More Modest)
June 26th, 2008 · Comments
When you are prone to measuring yourself against others, like I am, and when you both work and live out chunks of your life online, as I do, the Internet can be a bitch.
It’s easy to get caught up in measuring your impact online, and to suspect that your own self-worth is tied to it.
It’s [...]
Tags: Politics & Society · Social Media · Technology · Video · writing
New Media as Community Theater—All the World’s a Stage
April 1st, 2008 · Comments
I am a total sucker for community theater, especially musical theater. What I love isn’t so much the corny show tunes or the predictable story lines, but the players’ infectious energy for taking risks. I was reminded of this a few weekends ago when I went to see a local production of Godspell.
Because I have [...]
Tags: Business · Pop Culture · Social Media · Technology
4 x 4 Secrets About Me, And Why I’m Uncomfortable Talking About Myself
February 4th, 2008 · Comments
Over the weekend, my friends Peter Kim and BL Ochman independently tagged me “It” in two blog games (called memes). The object of each is for the tagged writer to reveal personal bits about themselves that you wouldn’t know otherwise, and then to tag other blog authors to similarly spill their guts.
BL (who had been [...]
Tags: Secrets
