Posts Tagged ‘twitter’
No one wants to see your photos of the sunrise or the sunset.
On Saturday morning, I posted the following to Facebook: At 6:38 this morning the sky turned an orange that I have never seen before. It was as if it was on fire. The whole world was bathed in an eerily beautiful orange glow. It lasted for less than ten minutes. I took my son outside…
Read MoreThis level of maturity is unacceptable.
Author Salman Rushdie tweeted the following on Sunday: I’m signing off Twitter for a while. Book to finish, etc. See you when it’s done in a year or so. It has been fun, even when it hasn’t. Bye. Talk about a humble brag. Take an extended vacation from Twitter if you must, but don’t make…
Read MoreFaking your own death as part of the proposal? Exchanging vows via Twitter? Strange, but still better than this.
A Russian man faked his own death in order to propose to his girlfriend. Alexey Bykov hired a filmmaker, makeup artists and stuntmen to create elaborate car-crash scene, then arranged to meet his girlfriend, Irena Kolokov, at the site. When she arrived, she saw him lying on the ground, covered in blood amidst a scene…
Read MoreThe power and ubiquity of the Twitter
My wife and I are listening to Jeffrey Toobin’s THE OATH: THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE AND THE SUPREME COURT. In learning about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s views on gender equality, I found myself wanting to ask her about her position on the military draft. A moment later, I was annoyed, realizing that it…
Read MoreWhy I chose not to vote today and then did anyway.
Here is a fundamental truth about me: I do not like to be told what to do. The more I am told what to do, the less likely I will do it, especially if: I am being told what to do with great earnestness. Failure to comply will not result in any serious negative consequences.…
Read More2012: Products I can’t live without
Back in 2010, inspired by lists created by tech geeks like Michael Arrington and Kevin Rose, I created a list of products I could not live without. Today I present my updated list of products I could not live without. Gmail Google Docs Google Calendar Google Chrome Mint (financial accounting software for the computer and…
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