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Archive for July, 2009

Smoke blowers

Posted by Bob on July 14th, 2009

Evil winds!, originally uploaded by Bob Goyetche.
We see them. We know them. By accident, some of them became our friends on facebook, there are websites dedicated to them.
Smoke blowers.
Some seem to think that blowing smoke up someone’s ass is a new thing, and an evil that social media has created. In fact, the expression [...]

Getting advice

Posted by Bob on July 13th, 2009

 Does anyone not ever get asked for advice? I don’t think so.
To you, somehow, somewhere , someone’s life experience may help you decide on what decision to make, how heavily to weigh an event, or even how to react to something that’s happened to you.
I believe in asking for advice. We all live [...]

Killing vs Podfading

Posted by Bob on July 8th, 2009

Podcasts “podfade” all the time. The term usually refers to a show that just simply stops putting out content. Often there lingers a hope that an episode may eventually be released. That lingering hope, at least for me, somehow adds pressure to release, as there’s that unspoken promise of more, and thus the nagging feeling [...]

Fit in 15: The results!

Posted by Bob on July 6th, 2009

There’s my last chance to user that header graphic.
 Just got the official word, apparently the judges had a tough time deciding who to award the prizes to, and could only choose three who they felt best exemplified the program. I know, I made it SO hard on them, bad Bob!
Anyway, heartfelt congrats to the [...]

The worthlessness of a retweet

Posted by Bob on July 4th, 2009

ok, another Twitter post – but really, it’s about more than that…
One of the ways people show support for an idea is to “retweet” someone’s post.. The format usually adopted is to start with “RT”, then the user name and original tweet.
So if I really support/want to spread/want to impress CreepyNewGuy ’s tweet:

I would take [...]