Bye, Facebook
*UPDATE 8/31* Yeah, that lasted long. I’m back on facebook. I’m just not going to spend time on it like I used to. Only when I actually have something to say, as oppposed to the two-dozen/day updates I...
View Articleresistant to Twitter at first, but…
I think it was just me being selfish and resistant to a world where no single person’s posts really “matter more” than anyone else’s (except for Diddy’s and Shaq’s, of course). What eventually pulled...
View ArticleEditorialJoe – Sports Edition
Well, I started a sports Twitter last night to avoid over-tweeting my “EditorialJoe” followers with my constant updates/comments about the sports games I’m watching. As you’ve never heard anything of...
View ArticleIt’s not About Chicago, the Left, or the Right. It’s About Rio.
Let me start out by saying I don’t care that Mr. Obama went to Copenhagen. What better ambassador for our country (and Chicago) than a state leader speaking on behalf of a city he knows intimately? I’m...
View ArticleTwitter 180
Twitter is significant because of its ability to measure its users’ impulses as individuals and groups. It’s a type of EEG for the evolving meta-mind comprised by the information with which we feed our...
View ArticleTwitter References and an IM to Dr. Jack
Edited for continuity. Also, more praise for humanity in general. It wasn’t long ago that I was bashing Twitter for being really lame. I think this post can quickly explain why I was wrong. Also, a...
View ArticleVirtual Interaction & Creativity
As I usually am, I was being a smart-ass on Twitter yesterday. Sometimes I’m not sure what it is that gives me a spike of followers or @ replies, but often I’m convinced it’s because I used some...
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