Tag Archives: internet

Ask Conlan: LinkedOut

Some girl, who apparently has a big head (her words), writes (edited for capitalization, punctuation, and linking purposes; no offense): I’ve had a LinkedIn account for like 7 months, and I don’t know how to use it or what it’s for… maybe you should write a blog about that like you did for Twitter, eh? [...]

You: I love you. Also, possibly, hate.

Attention faithful viewers: Next week is Official Commenter Appreciation Week! Every year, the first full week of October is reserved for blog-type people to appreciate their commenters. (It should be noted that there may actually be such a thing, but for my purposes I am making this up right now as I type.) All over [...]

Stop the character assassination

Over the last few days there’s been a lot of internet gossip about me—mostly on Gawker, and then Drudge picked it up. People are saying mean, hateful things. They’re saying that I don’t really have business cards like I posted a few days ago. One commenter on Politico even claimed that I don’t have any [...]

Photographing Whales

In March, I signed up for the awesome-but-difficult-to-define internet service Twitter. Ryan, my friend and a talented photographer, expressed some mild concern: “Twitter is stupid. I just don’t understand the point, or even the fun in it. It’s retarded. Completely and utterly pointless.” Last week—of course—he signed up for his own account. Rather than waste [...]