From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Twitter, statistics and speculation

by Bill on August 31, 2009

Allow me to inebriate some sober numbers … When we talk about Facebook and Twitter, cars and bikes, business and the arts, we are always self-referential. We think a certain way, we use something in a certain way, we believe this may occur in a certain way … and we forget that the world doesn’t [...]

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The lesson of Malvolio

by Bill on August 28, 2009

The best and quickest way to become the butt of someone else’s joke is to have no sense of humour about yourself. That is the lesson of Malvolio, a character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the victim of a wicked joke. He’s so serious about himself, so self-important, he invites the jest. I bring this up [...]

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Theories are theories and reality changes

by Bill on August 27, 2009

Every month or few months a study pops up that reveals that teens don’t use Twitter. Actually, they do. They just don’t make up the huge base some expected and are not the group fueling Twitter growth. The New York Times had a pretty good article on this (Who’s Driving Twitter’s Popularity? Not Teens) and [...]

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Why dogs are important to business

by Bill on August 25, 2009

“… It’s nice to know that if I do post about my dogs or something, it’s not a total faux pas.” That is from a comment left yesterday by Tzaddi, from ThriveWire, to my post I wonder what she’ll say? And I thought, yes. Dogs are a great example of what I’m trying to get [...]

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I wonder what she’ll say today?

by Bill on August 24, 2009

We need to stop thinking in terms of technology and social media and think in terms of people. All communication is not functional, practical, purposeful. A lot of it is inconsequential but inconsequential communication is important: sometimes the act of communicating is more important than what is communicated. (Yes, I’ve said this before.) We see [...]

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There is nothing subtle about this

by Bill on August 23, 2009

I can take a hint. Here it was an otherwise lovely, lazy Sunday. The rain was falling softly, the dog was snoozing lightly and I was sipping my coffee slowly as I went to my computer to see what the world had to say about the state of itself. And what did I find? “Go [...]

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The insects win

by Bill on August 20, 2009

This summer has been notable for its bonanza of bugs. Here in New Brunswick I’ve seen luna moths, the size of large cats, swoop down and steal young children from their strollers as if skilled shortstops shagging ground balls. Mothers, horrified, watch helplessly because they were enshrouded by clusters of mosquitos biting and buzzing until [...]

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