by Bill on March 24, 2010
When talking about genders we inevitably employ broad and loose generalizations. We know there are differences (the obvious biological ones). We think there are differences in thought because it often seems that way though we’re never quite sure because sexuality and relationships often cloud the issue. In the case of a subject like “women and [...]
by Bill on March 22, 2010
How we interpret the world is affected by our perspective. Sport provides numerous examples. Is a play legal or illegal? The referee makes a call. Video replay is examined. Why? Simply because the referee’s perspective is very specific. He or she was in a particular place in time and space and made their call based [...]
Well, I briefly made a schmozzle by changing the published date of an older post because I wanted to highlight it again. Dummy that I was, I forgot it would alter the link and make the original URL a “non-existent” post. So I changed it back. The post was this one: Does blogging need a [...]
by Bill on November 23, 2009
I came across two links that I thought were worth sharing. The first is a blog post by Dave Winer and it’s called How Hollywood portrays bloggers. In it he says, “A blogger isn’t just someone who uses blogging software, at least not to me.” I agree and this is one of the misperceptions about [...]
by Bill on October 10, 2009
(This was originally posted October 23rd, 2005 on another one of my blogs, one that is on hiatus. I’ve edited slightly to make the terminology more current.) I came across a post about blogging and social media and know exactly what it’s talking about when the blogger asks, “Why do some write about every, little, [...]
by Bill on August 4, 2009
For me, the key to blogging is simply this: you have to like writing. You need to be the sort of person who would be writing what you blog whether blogs existed or not. A blog, for me, is simply a place to put what I write with the added advantage of thinking of it [...]
People are like art in a number of ways. I’m currently thinking of one way in particular. (Please forgive the pseudo-egghead moment and indulge me.) A work of art exists in three states simultaneously. What the artist perceives it to be What it objectively is What people other than the artist perceive it to be [...]
What we see dictates how we see it
by Bill on March 22, 2010
How we interpret the world is affected by our perspective. Sport provides numerous examples. Is a play legal or illegal? The referee makes a call. Video replay is examined. Why? Simply because the referee’s perspective is very specific. He or she was in a particular place in time and space and made their call based [...]
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