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Kickstarter gives grassroot efforts a 21st century boost
Bob Geldof should pry himself away from watching old footage of Live Aid in his easy chair and see that there’s a new and web-savvy way to pull simultaneously at people’s heartstrings and wallets all over the world. Meet Kickstarter , a website run by a 12-person team mostly based in the Brooklyn borough of [...] -
Job hunting in 2010: Who says it’s hard?
I am unemployed. Besides freelance writing here and there, I have been without a job for four months. While many in my situation may have given up their search, I’m still going, Energizer bunny style. A typical day for me consists of checking job sites hourly, responding to any job that interests me, and following [...] -
Vampires, Vampires Everywhere, and Not a Drop of Blood to Drink
// Back in early 1995, when I was studying abroad in Ireland, my friends and I headed down to the movie theater in downtown Cork to see the movie “Interview with the Vampire.” Most of us were excited to a) see a movie since we didn’t even have a television in our house and b) [...] -
25 Years of Defining Reality
// Things weren’t so different in 1985; tight jeans, beyond-ugly sneakers, and the Celtics losing to the Lakers. The first dot.com was registered in symbolics.com, a new car cost $9,000, and, sadly, Dukes of Hazzard went off the air. OK, maybe things were a little different. I’d be writing this post on Windows 1.0, though [...] -
Trash TV May Be More Legit Than You Think
// There isn’t a soul left on American soil who hasn’t spent at least one waste of a mid-afternoon continuously sinking farther into the couch letting the drone of televised talking heads drill into the corners of the mind. As many personas as there are on television today, none reign over re-runs and so-called “brain [...] -
Parents on the Sidelines: Supportive or Menacing?
Parents have always supported their children’s participation in youth sports but things have changed over the years. When my dad’s generation was little, parents might have thrown the ball around in the backyard with their kids, but didn’t attend many games. They were supportive, yet not really involved. When I was a kid, my mom [...] -
Who (What?) is your perfect match?
The internet match scene is a multi-billion dollar industry. A great number of success stories have been told, and those success stories now account for an estimated 20% of all marriages. The scene had also led to a great number of other “stories“. It is amazing as to who, or what, you can be matched [...] -
Pride and This Place
I am concerned that American workers have become lost as individuals in the eyes of the culture, broken and faded, forgotten along with the machines and the respect they once commanded. The worker, on whose back this nation was developed, has evolved in perceived value from a source of national pride to a bottom line [...] -
Social Media Day 2010: The Holiday For YOU
Throughout time, various bodies of varying importance and influence have designated official celebratory days for reasons that range from the pointless (World Sauntering Day is coming up on June 19, be sure to drag your feet) to the poignant (June 19 is also “War Is Hell” Day”). Yet another official “day” has recently joined the [...] -
TMI! Nothing is sacred on Facebook
// When I first joined Facebook in 2005, I felt like I belonged to an exclusive club. You could only register if you had a valid college e-mail address, and it seemed that Facebook’s only mission was to keep college students in touch after high school. Then high school students were allowed to join. Then [...]
