Online Media Cultist

As I succinctly noted on Twitter, my morning roughly started as follows: I woke up, fired up coffee, eggs, ham, and toast (which constitutes a fancy breakfast in my house). Checked e-mail and hit the front page of The New York Times online, which is oddly making its way back around to being one of my [...]

This is way too good not to share, and already a great object lesson on how strong and compelling content can sweep the Interwebs in mere hours. And check out star-studded this thing is, unbelievable! It’s a musical, you see, about an already infamous proposition labeled with the number eight… Enjoy. See more Jack Black videos at Funny [...]

There were so many stunning and compelling and fascinating stories that came out of the US elections of 2008 I won’t possibly try to wrap up that gargantuan story with a tidy bow. However, I did want to pass along some of the more web-related stories that caught my eye in the days after Barack [...]

I’ve had a resurgence of interest (obsession? yes… that’s not so far off!) in Twitter over the last few weeks, reminding me of my early excitement about the not-so-little social media phenom that could early last year. The historic election that we all witnessed yesterday provided a unique “live event” that was perfect for Twitter engaging, [...]

One of the joys of publishing on the Internet is the ability to embed cool stuff. (via Pollster.com) From my perspective, this particular one is cooler because of the blue / red ratio. 29 days to go and counting…

I’ll admit it: I’ve been absolutely binging on 2008 election news the last few months, as anyone following my

Spent the long weekend at the beach, a novelty for me even though I live just outside of Los Angeles. Of course, I still managed a goodly amount of online media cultery, though I did make a valiant attempt to stay semi-unplugged. Hurricane Gustav was a huge story, of course, and thankfully it’s now finally looking [...]