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#115: Remembering Jody Sherman 31 Jan 2013 | 12:05 am
Jody never took a call by saying “Hello.” He always answered by barking his own name into the phone: “Jody.” As if that voice could have belonged anyone else. He was often in a hurry. There was always...
#114: The Answer is Just a Click Away 21 Dec 2012 | 04:27 am
About twenty people walked into the room, sat down and slid their phones, iPads, and other devices towards the center of the table. It was the last session of the conference and the rules were simple....
Confession #113: Get Off My Stoop 18 Dec 2012 | 01:29 am
When news of the unthinkable comes, we all head for the front stoop. Today, that stoop is virtual, and the digital neighbors with whom we share the news of the moment communicate with us via tweets, s...
Confession #112: Screen Rage 30 Mar 2012 | 07:44 am
At five years-old, it’s no fun getting interrupted while you’re focused on something. As a parent, I compensate for that by employing a series of intricately planned measures to guide my son from what...
Confession #111: They Know You’re Reading This 9 Feb 2012 | 01:51 pm
I was recently complaining to a teller at my bank that the another bank down the street had given my 3 year-old daughter a stuffed horse for nothing more than walking past the front door. I jokingly a...
Confession #110: Kitties, Komen and The New Editor of Mainstream News 4 Feb 2012 | 12:05 pm
There’s a new editor in chief of mainstream news. You. About a year ago I was putting the final touches on an article for a major media outlet. I honed, I proof-read, I tweaked. My self-absorbed goa...
Confession #109: Something Disintegrates at a Burger King 11 Nov 2011 | 08:25 am
The other day, while sitting in our car with the windows down, my wife and I had a heated argument. Bad words. Yelling. A fist or two slammed into our Volvo’s center console. Though we both received n...
Confession #108: I Made This on a Mac 6 Oct 2011 | 05:05 pm
I made this on a Mac. That statement is pretty common these days. But there was a time I would have never imagined creating something on a computer. Sure, I had some friends type up one of my essays ...
#107: Start-ups, VCs and Assholes in the Age of the Personal Brand 3 Sep 2011 | 08:40 am
In my corner of the web, the big conversation these days is about a guy named Michael Arrington and his new $20 million Internet start-up fund. Arrington has made a name for himself (both good and bad...
Confession #106: Does the Internet Make You More Connected? 17 Aug 2011 | 06:53 am
The other day my friend Mordy asked me this question: Are you more or less connected since you started spending so much time on the Internet? I’m more connected to people I don’t know. I’m equally ...
