Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

The problem with personas. Remembering Trey Pennington

The death of Trey Pennington shook me up and made me reflect on the role of social media in this tragedy.

Happiness, joy and a big fat Klout score

The reality of a big fat klout score

Dead man blogging

Dead man blogging is the theme of this post.

Back from the Baltic

If you can’t view the video above, click here: Mark Schaefer from Russia. I’m rested and refreshed from an extended digital de-tox as my wife and I spent our “annual […]

It’s the drugs talking.

This is Day Four of my bout with strept throat. I am taking strong antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, decongestants, and whiskey but recovery is freaking slow. I feel like I have two flaming […]

How do you REALLY build a blog community? A love story.

This is my 500th blog post. It snuck up on me. I’m sorry that I don’t have anything particularly profound to say to commemorate this milestone, but I thought I […]

Reality check

Today my wife and I took my 8-year-old mentee Elijah on a hike, as we enjoyed a Spring-like day here in Tennessee. On the way home, Elijah noticed a copy […]

20,000 Followers. Now What?

Does the number of Twitter followers matter? What happens when you reach 20,000?

Confessions of a smartphone douchebag

I have developed a twitch. I can’t go more than 15 minutes without reaching into my pocket, pulling out my smartphone and checking in with the torrent of communications coming at […]