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Listen to the silence and pay attention

by Bill on July 12, 2010

Noise is a common complaint about social media. We often say there is too much worthless chatter. When we say this, we’re complaining about content. It’s of no value to us; it’s all noise. For people like myself who work in social media, we’re usually referring to the tsunami of tweets and posts and updates [...]

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Visual storytelling: know your medium

by Bill on July 9, 2010

There is a 30 second ad I’d like you watch — but with the sound off. You’ve probably seen the ad before; it has been on TV enough and all over the Internet. Whether you have seen it or not, I’d still ask you to look at it again without any sound. I’ll tell you [...]

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“Life could be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.” – McHugh/Fields – (This review originally appeared on the Thoughtwrestling blog, June 8, 2010.) I think it’s safe to say most people would rather be happy than unhappy. You feel better when you’re happy. There is also another reason why I prefer it: [...]

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The only reason I have a job

by Bill on June 9, 2010

I know a bit about a lot of things but I can’t really claim to be an expert on any level except in the area of stringing words together. Although I have had positions that involved technical work (audio engineer, radio ad producer, a degree of coding for web sites), I’ve only managed to keep [...]

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Authenticity and free speech

by Bill on June 7, 2010

On Saturday, Jonathan Fields had an interesting post titled, “Is social media killing authenticity?” I found the question intriguing partly because I think the answer is likely yes, at least in the sense Fields is talking about it (as in, people reporting words heard taken out of context). I had asked a similar question in [...]

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I decided to write a post titled, “How to write a story.” However, a quick Google search showed that Mark Twain had beaten me to it. How wonderful is that? He has a piece titled, “How to tell a story” (see note at bottom). In a nutshell: don’t over-tell. In terms of story and business, [...]

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Anniversaries, vocabularies and why

by Bill on May 19, 2010

One of my favourite questions to ask myself is, “Why?” This brings me to my other site, Piddleville, which began life ten years ago, May 17, 2000. That’s the day I registered the domain. It’s two days late but, Happy anniversary Piddleville! But back to why. This is what Piddleville’s current manifestation is really all [...]

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