by Bill Wren on May 27, 2009
I’m increasingly annoyed with the litany of reasons I hear when an idea is proposed for why it won’t work, can’t be done, will never get off the ground in New Brunswick. There’s an obstacle to everything, or so it would seem if you listen to the relentless nay-sayers. So, call it a rant of [...]
by Bill Wren on May 21, 2009
Through a tweet (@davewiner) I came across a column on the Christian Science Monitor. It was by Robert G. Picard and was titled Why journalists deserve low pay. I think it says in a much better way (as in clearer) what I’ve been getting at in a few of my posts. His headline, of course, [...]
by Bill Wren on May 13, 2009
It seems ironic but the very companies that provide methods of communication on the Internet manage communication terribly. We see it time and again. The latest is Twitter and changes they made in how Reply works. For a good summary of it, see Dave Winer’s Lessons from the changes in Twitter. Whether the changes were [...]
by Bill Wren on May 12, 2009
Yes, social media is facile – if you look at it in a facile way. Social media is facile because people are facile and social media only reflects who and what we are. The more interesting question is, “Why?” Why do I meet a friend at a restaurant and tell them about my dog? Why [...]
by Bill Wren on May 10, 2009
I was interested to find that one of my sites, Piddleville, which has been horribly neglected recently, still accounts for most of the traffic I get. People continue to find it using the long-tail approach – looking for something very particular (a movie, often searched with a particular year associated with the title, like Rio [...]
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