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Entries Tagged as 'Society'

How to drive people away from downtown Durham

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Have a little girl shout through a megaphone on a downtown street corner telling people to repent and come to Jesus. Just go the fuck away, will you? I’m trying to work here. Share on Facebook

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Tags: 27701 · Atheism · Durham, NC · Society · Working World

Why? Because they can.

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Stumbled on this news brief today about hackers putting seizure-triggering posts on an epilepsy board. Neurologically, migraines and epilepsy are cousins; flashing lights and patterns are a trigger for both. It’s easy enough to see why someone would inflict harm on another for reasons of greed, hatred, political gain, etc.; anything in which the inflicter [...]

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Tags: Migraines · News · Society · Weird shit

Daffy Duck, meet Confucius

January 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The last few weeks, my work life has involved designing materials for a conference about international study programs, and what it means to be a “global citizen.” It’s a very erudite and academic group, and their approach to global issues is the same. As someone whose global travels have been limited to vacations in Canada, [...]

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Tags: Communications · Online community · Society · Working World

taking stock: a highly unscientific observation

November 6th, 2007 · 10 Comments

One of the occasional tasks that I have in my business is doing a stock photo search for clients (stock photos are collections of photos of all different subjects that can be used in communications for fees that range anywhere from $1 to over $1,000, but are generally cheaper and easier than hiring a photographer). [...]

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Tags: Communications · Society