Beyond the Rhetoric

When you ask some people why they haven’t joined Twitter yet, they’ll oftentimes say that they don’t want to share every mundane moment of their lives with the rest of the online world. They either feel that their lives are not interesting enough to be shared or that they want to maintain a certain level [...]

I didn’t really realize it until Betshopboy pointed it out, but I haven’t done a Twitter Question of the Day (QOTD) on this blog for some time. As you may recall, this is when I pose a question to the Twitter community and post the responses here on Beyond the Rhetoric.
In the past, I’ve asked [...]

You could say that this is a follow-up to the post I wrote a few months ago about how I want to follow you on Twitter. To me, the microblogging platform is a great way to connect with people around the world in a highly informal manner, crowd-sourcing information and input as needed. As such, [...]

Nearly every blog owner has had an experience with a scraper. As you may already know, scrapers are people (or bots) that “scrape” the content from your blog for publication on their own sites. This is clearly illegal and a violation of copyright. Yes, even if you only approach your blog as a hobby, you [...]

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Joseph Planta of