Beyond the Rhetoric

The struggle with the Internet is not about finding something to read; it’s that there is so much and you can overwhelmed by the variety. That’s why it helps when someone points you in the right direction. That’s why I do these weekly speedlinks. Enjoy! Stephen Fung has finally resurrected his personal blog after leaving [...]

I was watching The Colbert Report last night and his guest was discussing how, more and more, we are “alone together.” She doesn’t consider herself a luddite, but she is seeing how we are using technology to replace real human connections. Consider this very common situation. You’re out having dinner. You might be with friends, [...]

As you might have been able to glean from my recent interview, I am currently in the process of writing an e-book. I don’t have a real timeline in place just yet, but the plan is to have this book written, edited, and published some time this year. The trouble, though, is that I have [...]

“I think we’re playing with confidence, but at the same time, we’re not satisfied … It’s business as usual around here. We’ve got to keep going. You look at the standings and there’s not a lot of space (in the Western Conference), so we’ve got to keep winning and staying on this W-train.” Before the [...]

We hear words all the time. We hear them in casual conversation, on television, and in public places. However, just because we hear these words does not mean that we know how to spell them, particularly when there are words that sound exactly the same while having vastly different meanings. These homophones can be incredibly [...]