Hypothetical Situation: There’s this television series I’ve been meaning to watch for a while, but I haven’t gotten around to it. Maybe I started the first season but fell away from it for some reason. Maybe I wasn’t sure the show was going to make it and held off watching it until it got renewed. […]
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The summer of 1984 was a fun time to be alive. Sure, we all thought the USSR was going to bomb the bejeezus out of us—and they were thinking the same thing about us—but movies like The Day After notwithstanding, there was more to life that year than the looming specter of World War III. During that
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“What’s on your mind, Gary?” Facebook has been asking me this question a lot lately. Maybe you’ve been getting it too. I’ve been delaying my answer, partly because I’m not sure Facebook really cares. I’m also pretty sure it already knows the answer. In case you missed it, Facebook recently pulled another no-no in the
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Exhibit A: For the past few months, I’ve been re-watching one of my favorite television series, Monk. Maybe you know it. Tony Shalhoub plays Adrian Monk, a brilliant detective who works through endless phobias and social anxieties to solve crimes on a weekly basis. It’s hilarious, well-written, and brilliantly acted. Lately, I’ve noticed something else about
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A few summers ago, I wrote about the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. In case you haven’t noticed, despite the best efforts of good people everywhere, they’re happening again. Rest assured, though, that things are different this time around, just as they are every time a new marketing campaign launches. If you doubt the differences between
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People share things they care about on social media all the time. Sure, it can be annoying, and let’s face it, people can sometimes come across as a bit one-note. This is what having an online presence means, participating in a marketplace of rich ideas, immersing oneself in a vibrant exchange of information vital to
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