Oct 29, 2008 Posted by john

Blogging After Swallowing The Red Pill

Have you ever had the feeling that the universe is trying to tell you something? Really trying to tell you something? Like “I’m about to smack you upside the head because you’re so damn stupid”-trying to tell you something? I just did. It’s a terrifying feeling, actually. Imagine, you’re going through your day to day business, just trying to scrape by,  paying bills,... read more

Oct 24, 2008 Posted by john

Yes, your organization does need a blog.

Yeah, I know, your organization doesn’t need one. Your organization has different goals. Your organization is… whatever people. Look, I’ve talked about this in previous posts12 but want to give you another example. You don’t have to care about Yahoo!, and you don’t have to know what OpenID is. You don’t All you have to do is know that there are two important things that... read more

Oct 23, 2008 Posted by john

Dragging My Feet, and other phrases

I’m sick. Well, actually, I’m almost sick, which is worse. I’ve been fighting something now for about 2-3 weeks. It’s not your usual cold where you’re down for a bit and bounce back, and it’s not that quick punch in the head of a flu that drops you in bed for two days of solid moaning. It feels like depression in that I’m not sick enough to stay home from work, but... read more

Oct 17, 2008 Posted by john

TechnoEarthMama: Is Voter Fraud a Problem? You Betcha!

Kathleen McDade writes an excellent article on ACORN’s practices essentially leading to voder fraud through greed, lazyness and mismanagement. It’s a good read, with source links to follow. According to ACORN, “there have been several times over the past ten months that our Las Vegas Quality Control program has identified a canvasser who appears to have knowingly submitted a fake or... read more

Oct 16, 2008 Posted by john

The Power of Making People Look Good

There’s this florist in Portland who has a really great idea. He’s not your normal florist… well, he’s not actually a florist at all, in that he doesn’t sell flowers. His name is Rick Turoczy and he started a blog in Portland (The Rose city) about Silicon Forest technology- the startups, people and blogs that fly under the RADAR of major media. He named it Silicon Florist, and... read more