It might come as a surprise to some of you, but I actually went to high school. I know that you all think I was sprung forth from some educational demi-god free from the fetters of our antiquated education system, but, no, much like the rest of you beautiful peons, I too suckled at the teat of the American education… Read more →
Category: Sorta Social Networks
Twitter is Like Talking: A General Waste of Time but Fun When Drunk or Quoting the Simpsons
I Twitter a lot. This makes me either hilariously observant in less than 140 characters or an internet addict who won’t shut the hell up. I’m guessing it’s a bit of both. Truth is, Twitter is really no different from any other conversation you have in real life. It’s just broken up into convenient sound bites you can carry with… Read more →
Oh, Sure, if You Want to Use “Statistics”
Lately, I’ve read (yeah, I read!) a number of stories about how people hate Twitter or hate Facebook and how, clearly, this means they suck and people are abandoning them in droves. There was a story (you can look up the link if you want, but I’m lazy) written by a teenager about how no one his age uses Twitter.… Read more →
I Guess for Some People, Elisha is a Religion
When uploading something on Facebook today, I was confronted with this verify image: Look, I think Elisha is as hot as anyone, but I’m not sure I’d make a religion out of her. Ok, maybe 5, 10 minutes tops. Read more →
Nerds Have a Very Facebook Christmas
What do you do on Christmas Eve when it is cold and snowing outside and your family has made its last post-dinner tech support request to fix their VCR (sigh)? I wouldn’t know because it didn’t snow on Christmas and I consider VCR’s the tools of the devil and won’t touch them for fear my hands will turn to ash.… Read more →
Business Not Ready for Social Networking…Yet
I’ve worked in web development for 8 years now and I spend a lot of time dorking around on social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and others. I find the idea of web 2.0 and social network as fascinating as I find people, which is to say a lot. But, I have been dubious when confronted with the idea… Read more →