My wife discovered this gem in an old box last week. My oldest stepson wrote this as a school project when he was about 9 (20 years ago). These days, a book like this would have him talking to the principal, a counselor, a psychologist, etc. — if not expelled! In retrospect, though, considering...
Yet again, Facebook has demonstrated their utter lack of understanding for personal boundaries and any sense of appropriate privacy. One of the things you can do with Facebook Places that you can’t with Foursquare, Gowalla, etc., is check your friends in. Bad idea. Really bad idea. If I choose to tell the world where I am...
I started out planning to do a typical “teaser” post to announce my latest OPEN Forum article, How to Get People to Work for Cheap (or Free), and got way distracted on flickr trying to find a picture to use. It’s amazing the things people are willing to work for! Image credit: Despotes Image...
By now, you’ve probably seen the trailer for the Facebook movie, The Social Network. Not exactly flattering to Mark Zuckerberg, and yes, I’ll probably wait ‘til it comes out on Netflix since no one else in my family will want to see it. Anyway, the folks at Rated Awesome put together a video that...
I Write Like is a fun tool that analyzes your writing, compares it to a database of famous authors, and tells you which one your writing is most like. Based on the one blog post I submitted to it: I write like Cory Doctorow I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your...
