Small Talk: a communication guide for geeks
This post is a response to Tantek Çelic’s article on communication protocols. I agree with most all of it, except the bit about IM protocol. Depending on the mindset of whomever you ask, small talk is either the foundation of a good conversation or annoying prattle to be minimized as much as possible. I find...
Don’t Be a Twitter @reply Twit
If I personally sent you a link to this article, it’s because you were an @reply dope. You mistakenly sent a message that ended up in my @reply box. Usernames are special, just like you. There’s only one @skinny and that’s me. Twitter keeps everyone sorted by assigning us all unique usernames. Usernames are sort...
@sxswCrush: a behavioral experiment
It’s time to dust off last year’s project, SxSW Crush, and get ready for this year’s geek spring break better known as SXSWi 2011. For those not familiar, this little project lets you anonymously declare your romantic or platonic crushes via the twitter account @sxswCrush. Plans for new and improved-ness include. 1. Show list of...
Writing is hard OR the flying purple cat
Not to get all meta and write about how writing is hard, but it is. I have been eased into writing blog posts by the daily exercise of writing tweets. 140 characters was bite-sized enough for me to jump in without hesitation. It got me in the habit of publishing content and thinking about the...
Tools and techniques for collaboration
Now that I’m working remotely at my fake job at Cheezburger Network, I’ve been thinking a lot about tools for collaboration. What works? The tools so radically shape the interaction that I’m taking a studied approach to who/when/why to use each. Here’s a little graph of some common tools. It’s no surprise, the lower the...
Twitter Notification Email Spam
If you are like me, you’ve been hammered with so many “SomeUser is now following you on Twitter!” emails that you just can’t be bothered to care anymore. At SXSW, I declared new follower bankruptcy and simply deleted all of the emails. It’s a shame, though, because I’m sure I’m missing friends, both new and...
