Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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  • Frying the Brain

    May 14, 2013
    Psychology

    Weird day yesterday. The security guard at work decided I have a girlfriend because I rushed to my car instead of hanging around to chat. Of course, he says not to have children because they ruin everything. Next, a woman I only really know from conversations on Tumblr suggested a couple Helen Fisher books. I…

  • Movie Before Book? Or Book Before Movie?

    May 13, 2013
    Books / Novels / Writing, Movies / Films / TV

    She asked what I was reading. So I told her Dust of Dreams and showed her the book. She said I am smart. This launches into a weird conversation culminating in the question. She asked, “Is it weird I watch the movie before reading the book?” A little over a year ago a friend asked me the…

  • Unfriendly Connect For Feedly

    May 12, 2013
    Blogger, Feedly, feeds, Google, Google Reader, posted 2013, subscriptions

    So Google announced Reader will shut down. So I migrated to Feedly. It is okay, but I will miss Reader just like I still miss Bloglines. (The current Bloglines is actually NetVibes which I hate.) A few weeks ago, I noticed one my categories displays in the left menu there are unread posts, but the…

  • Unfriendly Connect For Feedly

    May 12, 2013
    Blog Software

    So Google announced Reader will shut down. So I migrated to Feedly. It is okay, but I will miss Reader just like I still miss Bloglines. (The current Bloglines is actually NetVibes which I hate.) A few weeks ago, I noticed one my categories displays in the left menu there are unread posts, but the…

  • Fortune cookie

    Fortune cookie

    May 12, 2013
    posted 2013

    Fortune cookieOriginally uploaded by Ezra S F Not just live and let live… but live and HELP live.

  • Alienating Friends Through Correcting Misinformation

    May 8, 2013
    Social

    Snopes is your friend. Even if you cannot remember the site, searching for a sentence of a text probably will pull up a hoax clarification site. Facebook is the new chainletter forwarding medium. The share button allows people to very easily and simply pass along anything. Often this is before they do anything to verify…

  • Dashboard vs Feed

    May 2, 2013
    Algorithm, Metrics / Statistics

    John Pavlus in Ghost’s Blogging Dashboard Doesn’t Need to Exist fell hook line and sinker for Anil Dash’s All Dashboards Should Be Feeds false dichotomy. The better argument is dashboards only tell the past with all the noise where the more useful information is an accurate future. People ultimately want to know what is going to happen. The…

  • Red Uniform Effect

    May 1, 2013
    Psychology, Sports

    While watching the NFL draft the other day, a woman at the bar lamented about how highlights for players from all over the SEC displayed their prowess against the local university. I explained Red Dress Effect to her and the bartender. Obviously these football players were not women in red dresses. Red can draw attention.…

  • TED Talk: Risking Redefinition

    April 30, 2013
    Social

    This is the first TED Talk I get to post because I know the speaker rather than just know of them. Rebeka was originally a new employee in training who really did not need it. Over the past few years we’ve followed each other through social media, so I was aware of the elements of…

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