If you’re nerd enough, you know the true test of any new social media solution – can you play D&D with it? And nerds can be pretty quick in picking up on whether a medium supports the needs of the game. Some folks in publishing don’t seem to be as quick on this. Case [...]
05.24.12 | media, technology, writing | bradley
It’s 2012 and the state of our digital content stream is bullshit. We are nearly 3 years from the switch to a pure digital broadcast television system, six years since computers landed in our living rooms disguised as gaming consoles and 16 years since the passing of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. We have home networks, [...]
03.26.12 | life, media, technology | bradley
When I was a kid, there was a show called You Can’t Do That On Television. It’s now famous for having starred a pre-little pill Alanis Morisette, but at the time the show was known for having a Pavlovian method of censorship – say the wrong word or phrase and stuff rains down on you. [...]
03.9.12 | life, media, technology | bradley
Ah, the presentation that many of you missed – be it for geography, prior engagements, or because your Prof wouldn’t let you out of class. No matter, the internet triumphs again. Here’s my presentation complete with non sequitor question and answer session. Niche Communities and Social Networks – A Presentation from Bradley Robb on Vimeo.
Things have been quiet around here lately, but not for lack of trying. Frankly, for someone who hasn’t earned an honest paycheck since June, I’ve been remarkably busy. First, I’ve been doing a good bit of freelancing work, so much so that I had to take a good joke and try and turn it into [...]
If you’re a Mixx user, you might have noticed that the interface seems to have gotten a bit less crowded today. The social news site, in which users act as a mixture of editor and judge by submitting and voting content to the site’s front page, seems to have removed the ability to vote items [...]
09.24.09 | technology | bradley
Point of clarification I don’t consider myself a web designer. Why? Because it’s hard. I’ve built a dozen or so websites in my time (including the template which is running this one), but I’ve never engaged in the amount of study or practice that it takes to really earn that title. I’ve considered it, but [...]
08.28.09 | media, technology | bradley
Yesterday I was profiled at a website called Tweeple Blog – a blog which runs profiles of Twitter users. From my time working as a journalist, I am more than familiar with writing profiles, much more so than being the one on the other end. Being profiled was certainly a first for me. The profile [...]
There are probably as many ways to be a jerk in social media as there are in meatspace, however I’ve noticed a recent trend that can only be replicated online. The tactic is simple – follow someone. Wait for them to follow you back. Immediately unfollow them. The result? You are at best a douche, [...]
01.13.09 | technology | bradley
Danger Room, a National Security-focused blog at Wired.com, is not normally the place one would go to find sound advice on being a modern writer. Further adding to the general sense of improbability is that the Danger Room story is actually focused on flowchart put out by the United States Air Force. So, you might [...]
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