Archive: ‘Thinking About’

Thinking About. . . TBall

April 19, 2010
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Since my five-year old son has two games each week, I’ve been thinking about TBall. Unless you are contractually obligated (like through being a parent) there really aren’t compelling reasons to go to a TBall game.

Thinking About. . . Nowness

April 7, 2010
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Trolling about the internet (where else?) I came across this quote from David Gelernter (via NYTimes columnist Ross Douthat): “Nowness is one of the most important cultural phenomena of the modern age.” That quote got me thinking about nowness.
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Ours is a culture that want things now. We expect things now: Video on Demand. Live-streaming music. [...]

Thinking About … Bobby

March 26, 2010
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I’ve been thinking this week about Bobby. I don’t know Bobby. I don’t even know if that’s his real name. But I (and over 2 million other people) have gotten to know Bobby through the singer Ben Folds and Chatroulette.

Thinking About. . . Fitting In

March 9, 2010
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I’ve been thinking about fitting in. It’s an idea with which most of us can identify. We are people desperate to ‘fit in’, to belong. We go to great lengths (through the stuff we watch, the clothes we buy, and the things we do) in order to fit in. If you’ve ever been in a [...]

Thinking About. . . The Winter Olympics

February 22, 2010
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I’ve been thinking about the Winter Olympics. At the risk of alienating those of you who don’t follow sports I make back-to back sports-related posts. Although, in my defense, the Olympics are games not sports. There also is anecdotal evidence that the Olympics have wider appeal than traditional sports. In fact, that appeal got me [...]

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