Sep
18

The Absent Morality of Marcus the Lamb

Justin on September 18th, 2009

Earlier this week, Reuters reported that a group of 14 English schoolchildren had voted (13-1) to have Marcus, a six month-old pet lamb that the class had raised from birth and hand-fed, put to death. Although 250 children at the primary school in Kent take part in the program, designed to teach them about raising [...]

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Sep
17

Twitter Doesn’t Make You Interesting

Justin on September 17th, 2009

I know that having a Twitter account is all the rage in today’s business world, but here’s the problem: Twitter doesn’t make you interesting.  You make you interesting.  If I didn’t care about you or company before you had a Twitter account, I’m not going to suddenly consider you to be relevant simply because you’ve [...]

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Sep
16

Comments Are Overrated

Justin on September 16th, 2009

As I (and several others) have pointed out recently, there’s been a slow death of discourse in blogs.  Most commenters either agree with the author openly, disagree vehemently, or use the opportunity as a chance to pose their own pet theories (as a ploy to drive traffic to their own blogs).  What’s often missing is [...]

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Sep
15

Twitter Is Killing the Obituary Business

Justin on September 15th, 2009

No news travels faster than bad news, unless it’s celebrity death news.  And ever since the trifecta of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson passed away in mid-2009, regular Twitter users have feared the worst whenever a celebrity’s name graces that service’s Trending Topics.  (Just ask Jeff Goldblum‘s PR team.) As soon as a [...]

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Sep
14

I’m Not a Curmudgeon; I Just Have Standards

Justin on September 14th, 2009

Yes, lately I’ve called bullshit on Twitter, mocked the self-indulgence of SXSW and found infinite fault with Socialnomics.  I’ve also admonished the social media community for talking too much and doing too little (of any lasting value).  I’ve even been drafted to host a session at PodCamp Pittsburgh 4 called “Pissing People Off to Encourage [...]

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