Sheepwalking
I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again, “I don’t hate my job, I just resent being tethered to a job.” — it’s the schedule, really. Each time Continue Reading →
Circles
Following on the heels of my panic over search algorithms that exclude things from me, a friend was discussing how difficult it is to talk to people “outside our geek Continue Reading →
Search Exclusions
Many thanks to @linuxchiq on Twitter for sharing a post from Librarian By Day which is focused on a TED talk by Eli Pariser about the danger of “personalized web Continue Reading →
Mother’s Day
I’ve always found Mother’s Day to be an odd celebration: equal parts guilt and consumerism seasoned with sentimentality, ambivalence or remorse, depending on family history or situation. In North America, Continue Reading →
For The Expressive Generation
What Threadless designers got for Christmas in 1978… [Photo by Kate Bingaman-Burt, kateconsumption on Flickr]
Copyright or not?
Consider this photo: It shows US President Barack Obama editing the address he gave on Sunday night. It’s part of The Whitehouse Flickr stream. If you view it on Flickr, Continue Reading →
Facebook Groups Transition
Remember when Facebook launched its new “groups” function and everyone panicked because suddenly people could be added to groups the same way they could be tagged in photos — by Continue Reading →
Mixed Emotions
As much as I was yee-haw-ing all over the place about Iggy and Duceppe being defeated in their own ridings as their parties both tanked in the wake of the Continue Reading →
Twitter’s Shining Moment
Last night there was one big bright shiny star in the midst of the breaking news and its name is Twitter. Twitter is where I heard first that there would Continue Reading →
Screen by Screen on a Significant Sunday Night
It’s a Sunday evening, on the tail end of a pleasant weekend (which would have been much more pleasant had I been sans sinus cold) and the eve of yet-another-election Continue Reading →