Web/Tech
Terrible Twitter and Terrible Maps
Twitter is most often a vapid, seething echo chamber where you’re verbally assault on a daily basis by Trump supporters who are personally offended when you tell the President that he is a racist ignoramus who locks children in cages, brags about sexual assault, and calls Nazis “very fine people.” It’s weird. When these same…
Read MoreOwn your domain, dummy
Wondering what kind of information Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh might include on BrettKavanaugh.com now that he has won his confirmation? We’ll never know. He doesn’t own the domain. The domain BrettKavanaugh.com is now a dedicated forum for helping sexual assault victims and ending rape. The website, titled “We Believe Survivors,” was purchased by Fix The Court, which…
Read MoreEric Trump doesn’t like me
As you may know, I was a part of the Knight Foundation’s lawsuit against Donald Trump which led to him being forced to unblock me on Twitter earlier this year. One of the highlights of 2018 for me. Though I had always been able to see the inane ramblings of the self-admitted sex offender and…
Read MoreHow to handle a troll
While speaking yesterday at the Mark Twain House, a woman asked me how I handle criticism and the negative responses that I receive from people who read my blog, follow me on social media, watch me perform, and the like. She pointed out that recently, someone disagreed with a position that I took on social…
Read MoreTrump can’t be banned from Twitter, but then he shouldn’t be able to block me, either.
As you may know, the President has blocked me on Twitter. Shortly after I fired off three successive tweets at him this summer about his failure to produce his promised tax returns, Trump tweeted some inane nonsense to the world and then blocked three people (likely the three at the top of his feed), including…
Read MoreWhat will be written on your tombstone?
Here’s a fun little game. Determine the future epitaph on your tombstone by taking out your phone and beginning a text message that reads, “Here lies INSERT NAME. He/she was…” Then allow the phone to predict the rest of the sentence. If you’re using a phone that gives you three options, choose the middle one…
Read MoreWhen cowards hide behind digital walls and hurl grenades…
Someone did something rotten to me a few weeks ago. A person who I have never met but who performs in the same New York storytelling community as me, who knows many of the same storytellers that I do, and who was connected to me via Facebook, decided to block me. I didn’t notice. Though…
Read MoreI’ve been told that I’m going to hell. I’m not sure I agree.
About a month ago, I wrote a post that criticized Pastor Greg Locke, an outspoken, Trump supporter who opposes the rights of gay, transexual, and transgender Americans and has gone so far as to call them mentally ill and criminal. Specifically, I attacked the ridiculousness of Locke’s “”Don’t you dare lecture us” rhetoric in response…
Read MoreDidn’t exist in 2005
Twelve years ago, the world was without these 15 technologies. It was truly a different world not that long ago. iPhoneiPadKindleYouTubeUberPodcastsAirbnbAndroidGoogle MapsSpotifyMobile weather applicationsInstagramSlackSpotifyEvernoteSnapchatNestOculus
Read MoreBest tweet ever
I’ve been using Twitter since 2008. My handle is @MatthewDicks. Jump on a platform early enough and your name is always available. I receive much of my news via links provided by the people and news organizations I follow on Twitter. I communicate with friends, acquaintances, and business associates via tweets. I tweet at Donald…
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