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Jan
24

How Justin Bieber Personally Ruined My Life

Justin on January 24th, 2012

Okay, maybe it wasn’t actually him.  Maybe it was whoever operates his Twitter account.  But his name is on it, so the blame starts there. First, the backstory. Last week, I noticed a Twitter trending topic that said “Justin Deserves Our Love.” Never one to pass up a chance to make a sociological comment about [...]

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Jan
9

The 10:04 Question

Justin on January 9th, 2012

This year, I’m trying an experiment: Every weekday, I tweet a new arbitrary question at 10:04 AM EST.  The answers I receive may (or may not) be used in — or as inspiration for — a future blog post. My goal is to get people thinking, sharing, and maybe even sparking some interesting conversations or [...]

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Aug
25

Twitter Spam Alert: All These Hot Chicks Probably Don’t Really Love Their iPhones

Justin on August 25th, 2011

Normally, I don’t care when I get followed by Twitter spam accounts, because Twitter is the one social media platform where users are still basically in control of their own attention.  As long as I don’t follow a spammer back, I run very little risk of ever having to see their pointless b.s. in my [...]

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Jul
28

How My Broken Blog Led to Me Getting Interviewed on the CBC

Justin on July 28th, 2011

A few weeks ago, my blog imploded.  For whatever reason, my backups weren’t actually backing up, and one day I awoke to a tweet from a reader informing me that none of my posts existed anymore. That’s never good. So I contacted my tech guy, Shawn Smith, who’s been saving my digital ass since 2003 [...]

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Jun
29

The Real Reason I Tweet So Much

Justin on June 29th, 2011

As a fairly compulsive user of Twitter and Facebook, I’m very aware that these distractions are eroding my productivity.  I also know that there are solutions to this problem, ranging from the obvious to the draconian.  But none of these hacks addresses the real issue: It doesn’t matter which distractions I’m indulging in; what matters [...]

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