Author Archives: Bill Wren

About Bill Wren

Writer, editor, social media practitioner and observer of how and where people connect and engage online.

No one ever went to a site because it was pretty

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Bill Wren

Ask yourself this question: “How often do I go to web sites because they are so good looking?” Most people will answer, “Never,” or so I believe. Some people will go to a site because of its brilliant look, but … Continue reading →

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Maintenance, our human flaw and a dreamed of plugin

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Bill Wren

икони на светци “Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut Today has driven home to me Kurt Vonnegut’s quote regarding maintenance. He is right. I’m guilty … Continue reading →

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Marquez and his Melancholy Whores

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Bill Wren

(Review of Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.) When I first read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Memories of My Melancholy Whores (translated by Edith Grossman), a novella published in English in 2005, I did not like it. I’ve … Continue reading →

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You need poetry in your posts

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Bill Wren

What the world really needs is poetry in posts. Seriously. Keep in mind, when we use the word poetry we usually mean it in one of two ways. There is the very technical use when we are talking about something … Continue reading →

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Jack Layton and an end to dogma

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Bill Wren

Canada’s Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party, passed away yesterday and there was a huge upswell of grief and commiseration expressed. In all the remembrances of the man and in all the accolades sent his way, it’s worth … Continue reading →

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