Perhaps the quickest way to ensure you never build a community is to assume the worst. Just a few minutes ago I fell victim to my own crankiness and assumed the worst of one of our UrlyBits community based on a single comment, went off of them and am now eating humble pie and writing [...]
It’s A Discussion Forum Right?
June 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ve always held the belief that this blog is a discussion platform. Folks who comment here know that the opinions can be strong and that, as long as the conversation doesn’t degenerate into trollish personal attacks, pretty much anything goes. I don’t ask much of my readers. Just leave the occasional comment, maybe the odd [...]
Writing For The Sake Of…
January 3, 2011 By 1 Comment
I’m struggling to write. I’ve hit some sort of a mental block. If I were a toilet, and my brain were the cistern, then I would have been flushed after someone turned the water off. I’m empty. This is not the result of a lack of ideas or motivation, but simply a lack of practice. [...]
Ignorance Does Not Equal Bliss
September 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If you haven’t got something intelligent to say, then shut the hell up. That’s the kind of day I’m having, where puerile fanboy bullshit is driving me crazy. It’s the release of new software that that usually brings out the stupidest of the fanboys, and it looks like Microsoft release if the IE9 beta (download [...]
John Cleese On Creativity (Video)
August 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Monty Python legend and comedic genius, John Cleese shares his thoughts on the creative process, writing, interruptions and getting in “the mood”. A must watch for bloggers and anybody who expresses themselves creatively. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGt3-fxOvug Hat-tip to Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins for sharing this.
Would We Be Better Bloggers Without Statistics?
May 3, 2010 By 4 Comments
I was listening to TWiT episode 246 a few moments ago and Dwight Silverman said something that really resonated with me while they were discussing Nick Denton, Gawker and the whole “stolen iPhone / iPhoneGate” fiasco. “This is the dilemma of the web. I think every news organization that has the ability to see how [...]
Bloggers You’ve Got 10 Years
January 11, 2010 By 3 Comments
According to this graph the death of blogging is predicted for 2020. That only give you 10 years to become a multi blogging squillionaire! You’d better hurry! The chart is tongue in cheek but I wonder how many of it’s “predictions” will become reality. (Click the image to see the chart full size.) There are [...]
Bloggers What Do You Do With Your Old Drafts?
January 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
Sometimes I get an idea and start bashing the keys faster than an epileptic tap-dancer having a fit and churn out post after post. Other times it’s a slow laborious process that could best be compared to pulling teeth as I try to pry that scared little idea from the warm dark recesses of my [...]
Honest Spam
Comment spam is the blogger’s equivalent of hemorrhoids. It’s that itching, burning, pain in the ass that you just can’t get rid of no matter how hard you scratch. Yet, very occasionally, the pain will subside and comment spam will provide you with a moment of humor or in this case a cheap grin at the [...]