Comments on blogs aren’t really a thing anymore, especially on this here blog, but I occasionally have someone pop in via WordPress Reader, I think, and while checking out the blog of one such commenter, It’s The Bageler!, I discovered “The Year-Long Scavenger Hunt” at Birdie’s Book Nook.
Tag: Meme
On Llamas, Dresses, Net Neutrality: A Clue(Train)!
That desire for community, to connect with others who share your interests, is what drives the best and worst of what, as a whole, makes the internet so invaluable — from the early days of Usenet to Tumblr and whatever comes next — and for some (including business execs who don’t get it), so dangerous. I’m sure there are plenty of business lessons to be learned from all of this, and I’m sure there will be plenty of think pieces and hot takes addressing those, but I’m far more interested in grappling with the human element.
eBooks: The False Dilemma
People will continue to read printed books for a long time, just as some people still watch movies on VHS….
Motivational Cliches Aren’t Business Models
“If the people who make the decisions are the people who will also bear the consequences of those decisions, perhaps…
Not Every Conversation is Worth Having
“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.” Alice…
Your Entitlement Slip is Showing
Among the most tiresome memes dominating the publishing world right now — memes that I’ve admittedly contributed to at times —…
Outrage, Humor, Context
David Brothers was one of the smartest comics bloggers on the scene a few years back when I was at…