I find it deeply offensive that the steel ruins of the World Trade Center, attacked on 9-11 by Islamic Jihadists, has been used to build a warmongering battleship, the USS New York.

Here are some suggestions on how the steel could have been better utilized.

(1) Veteran or… Read full post »

Americans are hypocrites. They act all shocked and sad when they hear of serial killers, school shootings, Jihad terrorist acts, and other violence. Then they return with glee to violent video games and slasher films.

But it's vicarious violence, these games and movies.

 Vicario… Read full post »

Stealth Spamming and Kitty Tweets are popular new techniques of con artists. These criminals are phishing for usernames and passwords, offering to sell you automated programs to "Add 10,000 Followers weekly", or promoting Get Rich Quick schemes.

Sometimes they trick you into revealing your pa… Read full post »

 Contrary to popular myth, Content is NOT "King."  Completely dependent on other factors, Content is actually...a Slave.

Many times, not only is Content not King, but Content poses as a Drag Queen -- something prancing around, dancing as corporations pull its strings, pretending to be some… Read full post »

Blog World is an example of how con artists rip off people who are new to blogging. But why attend a conference organized by spammers and champions of unsafe blogging practices?

 Watch this video and see  how great Blog World 2009 was!

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Micro-communication is a marketable skill. Twitter users quickly learn how to shorten their statements to fit the 140 character limit per message. Here's how to do it.

As a former advertising copywriter, one of my tricks was to blurt out an approximation of what I wanted to say about a product.… Read full post »

(1) "Negative publicity is better than none at all."

WRONG. A ruined reputation is hard to fix. Bad publicity destroys products and individuals.

EXCEPTION 1: If you want to be known as a "bad boy" or a "bitch", then negative publicity for a negative entity makes sense. However most individuals… Read full post »

Social Media is based on sharing and caring. So why are many Social Media Experts not providing much value to others -- or are even endangering them?

The word "social" has many connotations. One of the primary meanings is other-centric. To be social, one must be interested in the welfare… Read full post »