Want to be a better storyteller?

Learn from a comedian

Being Trusted. Remotely.

I am often asked about my remote freelance experience. Questions people ask vary, but usually what most of them…

Handsome Johnny and JFK 

If the mob had any connection to the grassy knoll, Johnny Rosselli was front…

Hope For My Country. Hope For My Father.

by Ali Omar

Against “Content”

Not long ago, I shuttered a successful blog. Here’s some of what I learned.

Black gold then, black gold now

Celebrating 25 years of Fairtrade

Não ter “perfil” e fazer “serviço de preto”:

o negro no mercado de trabalho racista brasileiro

How Being Unemployed Has Been the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Me

Sometimes the last thing you think…

The RFQ issue.

Why some inquiries are simply worthless.

Reviews: ShopperLocal Service/ Product Review

Why am I writing this?

The web has lots of information for small businesses on how to carry out effective marketing strategies. However, a lot of them will speak generally and tell you things that you already…

World Peace Within Our Lifetimes. Yes, Really.

Introducing the case for a single, globally inclusive democracy.

I believe that world peace is possible, within our lifetimes, and that we should make it our goal.

The Proper Opinion

How to avoid being the sensitive hypocrite.

It figures that out of the million posts that I have written on both Facebook and Twitter platforms (and yes, if I counted, I am sure it would be upwards of a million), this would be the first…

Journalism in the age of the open web

Excellent talk by Katharine Viner, deputy editor of The Guardian…

The Bear, the Hare and the Holiday Season

British retailers’ Christmas TV spots are now a highlight…

Quit trying to fit in

When being alone is not just okay, but totally cool.

The Online Persona

Is anonymity best for the web.

Let’s Teach Coders to Write

If we want to teach more people to code, we need more coders to explain what they do and how they do it.

I’m not going to re-hash the “teach everyone to code” arguments. I figure that’s…

In Defense of Knowing Less

Learn and do more by letting go of your impulse to know everything

“Tell me who’s in your newsfeed and I’ll tell you who you are.”

How we’re defined by who we friend and follow online.

There’s a quote in spanish that goes something like, “Dime quienes son tus amigos y te diré quien eres.”…

Teach yourself how to teach yourself.

A look at why Generation Y is behind.

“Who was the 25th President?” “I don’t know, Google it” I’ve heard conversations like this more times than I’ve a drank a double latte and glanced at my Galaxy. As a member of…

When You Can Use the N-Word

And Why That’s the Wrong Question to Ask

This year’s Halloween brought out some fabulous and interesting costumes, but at the same time, it also brought out some of the worst in us. Much like in years past (but maybe more…

A Letter from the Heart

“The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing.” — Madeleine L’Engle

The heart, as fragile as it may appear, is the most imperative organ in our human body. Yet as we get older, it seems as though we forget or even deny this very basic physiological…

A pathway for urban change?

There is a lot of excitement in metro Detroit about the business developments that have occurred in mid-town…

The Biggest Mistake 99% of ALL Advertisers Make.

Are you one of them?

Twitter’s Custom Timelines — The Data, The Possibilities

Damn you Shutterfly!

How your little catalog just ruined my day

When I was in my 20's and even into my 30's, I used to dread the month of February and the inevitable arrival of the Sports Illustrated Annual Swimsuit Issue. The faraway locations and the models…

Too much information.

What are we afraid of?

From time to time a I see a conversation like the following.

In this case its discussing a Facebook connected app which generates amusing strings of text base on your past statuses but that doesn't…

Keurig Develops Disposable Coffee Machine

READING, MA — Building on the success of their single cup coffee brewers, Keurig…

Look to the Long Story

Time may be all that is required

This reminder from Neale Donald Walsch hit my inbox this morning, right on time.

“The morning comes every day; the sunrise does not fail, nor the sunset.

“Them”

Inventing a them 

Yes, I admit it I fall for it everytime. Someone will write an article, blog or opinion…

A vibrant and sterling platform for web development

Fighting for Joy in Valleys

Life’s tough. How can joy abound through it all?

Diving’s Place In Soccer

Despite collective outrage, diving is alive and well in the sport

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Average European Never Bought Into “European” Idea

Proponents of deeper European integration don’t…

Perfect Pitch

An architectural fantasy

There’s a tragic symmetry to the receptions that greet both ends of a housing project – fêted inauguration, fated implosion. The violent end becomes a spectator sport suffused with blood-lust, a way of forgetting the collective…

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i don’t like this

What is up with this? I don’t think I like it.