With the excitement of holiday gifts rapidly approaching, Facebook moved to calm fears at a Wednesday morning press conference regarding rumors of an exclamation point shortage. “There is absolutely no exclamation point shortage on Facebook,” a spokesperson for the social networking giant said. “The rumors are unfounded and completely false.” Facebook says that despite the [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Seth Godin’s new book, free.
December 14th, 2009
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Hey all, Seth Godin just produced this new ebook. And he’s giving it away. Free. No pyramid scheme. No ‘give me five email addresses.’ Just free. Not only that, but he’s invited others to post it on their site for free download. I downloaded it this morning. I haven’t read it yet, but this will [...]
Time to steal the Baby Jesus: Thoughts on Preparing for Christmas
December 8th, 2009
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Christmas prep 2009 has begun. Most of us have begun our Christmas decorating and shopping. Here in Colorado Springs, the snow has been falling non-stop for the last 48 hours. It’s a Norman Rockwell painting of Costco outside my office. The first real snow of December always pushes my mind further toward Christmas. But it’s [...]
Tweet Unto Others 2: Put the social in social networks
December 4th, 2009
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Sometimes the most obvious things are the ones we miss. If I can’t find my keys, I’ll go from room to room looking under the bed, on the ironing board, inside the fridge, etc. But chances are, they were sitting in plain sight within five feet of the door. I’m sure there’s a psychological phenomena [...]
Making a (living)? Thoughts on giving on World AIDS Day
December 1st, 2009
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My friend John is a word nerd. It’s one of the things I like best about him. He’s always playing with words, making them do things they shouldn’t be allowed to or should but aren’t. I think part of it is he was a linguistics major in college. I think the other part is he [...]
