I love the New Yorker, my parents always subscribed, I admit the cartoons were my major focus. Van Morrison was in NYC last week and the New Yorker did a piece on him: Drive-by Dept. Listening Party Van Morrison Lakeside Lounge, on Avenue B, is known for many things: close quarters, cheap drinks, a ...

Forward looking Twits I always admire. How do they know these things? Do they have crystal balls placed by their bedstand? It's always fun for awhile to see folks predict what something will be. Twitter does that to people. It's such a bare boned service you need to tell your self something: I have ...

First and Foremost I think Twits are Lazy and don't go through the whole genesis of where a Tweet originated, so part of this dudes writing falls apart. I do think some of the material covered in this post has merit as far as Rules of the Road for Twits: ReTweeting Lately the Twitter world has been ...

Newspapers are failing, Jeff Jarvis author of 'What Would Google Do' throws bricks at NYTime's David Carr. I am not quite sure what got Mr. Jarvis all in Mr. Carr's grill but I quote him, after Mr. Carr's summation: “It is time that newspapers are allowed to collude in the public interest,� said...

You know me, always looking for a way to put a positive spin on adversity. For all us Music Lovers it is great news: In times of economic stress, great new styles and movements emerge in American popular music. Below is a chart I’ve put together to illustrate my point. Interestingly, frivolous pop...

In it's run on Comcast's VOD I watched Zack and Miri make a Porno. I was floored by the Mac dudes appearance as a gay porn star. What would PC say! Holy moses! View it when you get a chance. I mean it's not a great movie but it can get through a rainy day....

As more and more newspapers fail, the people they employed will need new haunts. Here is a dude who got whacked and is back up and running as a Hollywood scribe on the internet: From layoff to kick-off in seven days I think Oprah Winfrey would refer to this as a “wow moment.� I was riding bikes ...

If you know Twitter the Follower/Follow game is prevalent and since a lot of folks use it as a barometer of success Tweeple will game the numbers. Found this person who blogs about it and gives constructive rationale as to why it costs us all: Some people have figured out an "easy" way to game the s...

This dude is like the GodFather of Blogging platforms. First with Blogger now with Twitter. I found his blog today and though it is neglected, the lead post begins with the snippet I quote here and hope you click on to see what his bullet points are. I have great respect for Evan Williams because he...

As I enter my second week of full blown, balls out twitter use. I am probably most obsessed with the Following/Follower ratio. This post I found at Twitip gives the quandry some context: To Follow or Not to Follow; that is the Question by Neal Wiser (@nealwiser) Unless you are a Twitter user who imm...