Tag Archives: Kurt Vonnegut

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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Don’t have two Cinderellas in one story

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Bill Wren

This is about sports and stories – specifically, hockey and stories. So you’ve been warned. We’re down to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. That’s a big deal in Canada and, depending on who and where you are, it … Continue reading →

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My most popular posts in 2010

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Bill Wren

I took a look at my analytics to see what posts were the most popular here during the year. And I made a list of them. I find it interesting looking back at the past year to see that my … Continue reading →

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How Kurt Vonnegut defined social media:
connection precedes communication*

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Bill Wren

There are loads of books and gazillions of web sites and blogs on social media. You could spend the rest of your life reading about it – the data, the theories, the what-have-you. But if you really want to understand … Continue reading →

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Fifteen books that come to mind

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Bill Wren

I did one of those meme things on Facebook and thought, “Why not post them on the blog too?” The list is simply the fifteen books I’ve read that have stuck with me, which I take as the ones that … Continue reading →

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