Today marks my 30th consecutive post in the 30 Days of Blogging series. That’s more than 9,000 words written and published over the past month without missing a single update. Considering where I started with my blogging talents several years ago (I used to hand-code posts maybe once a month when I got bored), I see this as quite an accomplishment! [Read more...]
Dec
06
The Dark Side of Social Networking
In an increasingly connected world, the “new elite” are those who are the most disconnected. Bill Gates, for example, has only 5 connections on LinkedIn. While the masses are linking their Facebook pages with their Twitter accounts and syndicating their blogs, there’s a large group growing that is abandoning social networking altogether. They block all but their closest friends from accessing their information online and are all but invisible to the likes of Google. [Read more...]
Nov
27
Black Friday
I’ve never quite understood the phenomenon. People will wake up uncharacteristically early and sit outside in the cold and rain to wait for stores to open (again, uncharacteristically early) to shell out cash on so-called “great deals.” Given, many of these sales and discounts are pretty steep, but that doesn’t necessarily justify the 4am rush. [Read more...]
