I’ve had a few discourses on the topic of haters and negative behaviour in the past but until reading this recent guest post on BoingBoing I’d never considered that by labelling someone else a hater I’m effectively labelling myself “the hated”. I found that a little jarring (which I don’t think was the author’s intent) [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 23, 2009
Yolog a day – Day 2: Recommended reading
I thought I’d throw out a few reading recommendations. I could give heaps more but this is a start.
And here’s some free stuff online:
Classics!
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Science Fiction!
http://www.baen.com/library/
Zombies! (Start with Monster Island)
http://www.brokentype.com/monster/
Cory Doctorow’s stuff:
http://craphound.com/
February 22, 2009
Yolog a Day – Day 1 Communication
I’ve been inspired to shift gears for a week by Anakin1814 a YouTube friend so it’s all his fault. I’m making a personal video each day for a week (which is called a yolog not vlog no matter how many fools say otherwise) just to explore some ideas. In this first one, I talk [...]
February 17, 2009
Angels and Demons = Horseshit and Bollocks
I was just at the movies and noticed a poster for the forthcoming sequel to The DaVinci Code, Angel and Demons. A more accurate title would be Horseshit and Bollocks. I’ve never bothered to read any of Dan Brown’s books or watched the previous movie. The list of books I want to read before that [...]
February 1, 2009
800 YouTube videos – maybe the haters are right
Waaaaaay back in June 2006 when I started on YouTube, I wouldn’t have believed I’d manage to make over 800 videos. After the fact it seems to have been very easy to do. I hate to think where this creative energy would have ended up without this. I suspect there would have been heads on [...]
