Dear Blog, How have you been? As the days have grown longer, so have my absences. Having gone through the most stressful 12 months of my life has certainly contributed to the void. But even as Spring moves forward, renewing life, I feel you maturing in your own silence. Leafy green tendrils of posts are… Read more »
Author: Eric
I'm a writer, video editor, foodie, and geek.
You Never Know What You’ll Hear
I wrote about candid communications before. You know, the explicit, stripped down things people say to each other when they want to be understood. Utterances, emotions, and comments that our internal “polite filters” usually stop us from releasing to the world at large. In a place as populated and diverse as New York those filters… Read more »
Blogging Vs. Journalism
For some time now blogging and journalism have intersected in ways that complicate defining the relationship between the two disciplines. As bloggers, it’s increasingly important we play a more active role distinguishing what we do from journalism without diminishing blogging’s relevance. This notion has become even clearer since I started my own blog. A post… Read more »
Don’t Call It Journalism
Read an interesting article about blogging and journalism at Blog Maverick. Going to blog about it later.
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Goodbyes Make Life More Precious
I’ve been extraordinarily slack about posting lately. I wish it were simply my usual finickiness. Unfortunately, it’s more. My Mom passed away last week, and I’ve been ensconced in all the details that event entails, namely planning, sighing, sleeping, planning some more, more sleep, and more sighing. Rather than rehash the usual platitudes, let me… Read more »
Occupancy Does Not Equal Experience
I’ve been thinking about how the last Presidential election was won by an electorate who voted their fears. Fear of another terrorist attack was high on the list. Fear of liberals ruining a society built on Christian principles followed closely. Fear motivated those who voted left of center as well. Moderate to liberal voters envisioned… Read more »
David Frum Eat Your Heart Out
Speech Recognition is one of Microsoft Vista’s cooler aspects. It’s not quite up to Star Trek “Captain’s log” status yet, but is very promising. I’m certain it will behave better using a headset mic vs. the lappie’s built-in mic. The following is a portion of a conversation that Vista dictated. A colleague and I were… Read more »
Embarq: Really Beginning to Suck!
Let’s see… how many ways can Embarq suck over Sprint. no newsserver more frequent slowdowns and outages… particularly weekends my pet peeve… the non-existing website “landing page” The last item is beginning to suck even harder. Just like it sounds, the landing page is where you end up if the URL you typed can not… Read more »
Presidential Predictions #1
McCain chooses Fred Thompson… There, I said it. Kinda leaves a nasty mouthfeel and I may be totally off base, but think about it.