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Facebook and the Lost Art of Storytelling
I’m a storyteller. I love weaving a yarn, on the pages of a magazine, or over coffee with a friend. But today’s constant flow of information makes it hard to get the drop on a juicy tale, and that goes … Continue reading
Posted in Information Stupor Highway, Unhappy Media
Tagged facebook, information, storytelling
South Park Downgrades Facebook
Two weeks ago I painted a picture of Facebook as a friendship stock market. Last night on the newest South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone painted Cartman as social networking’s Jim Cramer. Gold. jkl jk Naturally, I identify with … Continue reading
Posted in Information Stupor Highway, Unhappy Media
Tagged facebook, farmville, friendship, investing, jim cramer, south park, stock market
Facebook Status Reveals Humanity’s Descent Down (Storm) Drain
A recent news story: Two Australian girls, ages 10 and 12, were lost in a storm drain. Rather than use their phones to call for help, they changed their facebook statuses. A friend saw the message and called emergency services. … Continue reading
Posted in Information Stupor Highway
Tagged darwinism, facebook, morons, status, storm drain
OnStar: Deploying Windbags
The Unhappy Mediator is really disappointed by our collective priorities. Related: Facebook Status Reveals Humanity’s Descent Down (Storm) Drain
Posted in Gadgeteering, Shoot the Messenger
Tagged chevy, cruze, facebook, onstar, superbowl commercials, tv commercials
Character Assassination: The State Farm Guy
In this first edition of Character Assassination, allow me to present The State Farm Guy: I don’t know what it is about him that makes me dislike him so. He’s just so… smarmy. He makes me squirm. I know I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Shoot the Messenger
Tagged advertising, character assassination, esurance, insurance, state farm, tv commercials
New Blog Post Shows Most Blog Posts are the Same Shit
This rather brilliant post from Martin Robbins’ The Lay Scientist blog on the Guardian website basically sums up what I (try to) do for a living. Those who can’t do teach and those who can’t hack it in the lab … Continue reading
The Finances of Friendship in a Social Media Stock Market
Here’s the beginning of an interesting article called “The Social Media Bubble,” from earlier this week on the Harvard Business Review blog: I’d like to advance a hypothesis: Despite all the excitement surrounding social media, the Internet isn’t connecting us … Continue reading
Google Game: What’s so great about…
Every era has its fascinations, zeigeists that intrigue and often confuse. The most complex or enigmatic of these will persist in popular interest as the ages progress, placing time’s most enduring allurements in fraternity with today’s spurious obsessions. And therefore … Continue reading
Posted in Google Game
Tagged america, christianity, facebook, iphone, mona lisa, twilight, twitter, windows 7
No Happy Medium 
So This Is What I’m Missing on Facebook
Thanks to my little bro for sending me this golden nugget from the New York Knicks’ facebook page. He tells me that the admin posted the picture below with the caption “Browse through the Knicks City Dancers Auditions gallery from this past … Continue reading →
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Tagged comments, facebook, morons, new york knicks city dancers