Fry’ing the Trolls

I’ve been a long time opponent of anonymous, unauthenticated comments fire-hosed into mainstream online media decidedly without editorial review. They are an unfair and easily manipulative tool for beating down anyone who dares to stick their neck out and state their views in a public forum under their own name – either by writing themselves, or getting [...]

More Channels, Fewer Better Messages

1997 it was postcards. 1999 e-mail. 2001 e-cards. 2003 sms. 2005 all of the above. 2007… I tried to roughly estimate the number of “Merry X-mas” and “Happy New Year” messages I received (or rather – was exposed to?) over this holiday season. Probably in the range of 200? Or 300? In addition to the [...]