Notes on impatience
We can find anything we want on the Internet. The other day, I had an old advertising jingle stuck in my head that I remembered from childhood. (“You’ve got a lot to do before lunch!”) It took me about...
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Is Yahoo News proud of its comments feature?
“It’s as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.” — Gene Weingarten, writing about web comments in the Washington Post. * * * * Yahoo News is one of the most popular...
View ArticleThe new disinformation
Last week a survey that found 18% of Americans, when asked to name Barack Obama’s religion, incorrectly said he is Muslim. That’s up from 11% in 2009. How could a growing number of people get a basic...
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Flow chart: Choosing a social network
Social media is too confusing! In an effort to simplify it, I took a stab at creating a chart illustrating when it’s appropriate to post an update on each of the social networks I use. This post first...
View ArticleNobody knows what “social graph” means
For three years, people who write and speak about technology have been using the phrase social graph. It’s sometimes used casually like a synonym for Facebook, the company that popularized the term....
View ArticleFacebook and freedom
The other day at work, someone spotted a customer complaint on a social network that I don’t use. I got started setting up a profile so I could respond to the customer and try to put things right....
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Chart: How much tax money do we spend on NPR, anyway?
Every few years, it becomes smart politics to attack public broadcasting and call for Congress to stop funding it. This week, following the Juan Williams debacle and just a few weeks before the midterm...
View ArticlePhrase of the year: It Gets Better
The It Gets Better Project is so good, so spot-on, that it ought to be celebrated as a triumph of Internet video, social media and even the English language. I can’t find one damn reason to be cynical...
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“Our diversity is our greatest strength.”
I saw this ad on a bus shelter last night: The full text of the ad is: Our DIVERSITY is our greatest STRENGTH. When any New Yorker is atacked for who they are, what they believe or whom they LOVE it is...
View ArticleSome thoughts on the Jon Stewart speech
I just finished watching the broadcast of Comedy Central’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” from Washington D.C. I think a lot of people weren’t sure what to make of it (Is it serious of funny?...
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