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Category Archives: Blogging
What motivates us to share our thoughts, feelings, and actions online?
A friend and colleague, Matt Krieger, asked my opinion: What fundamental psychology motivates people to share their thoughts and feelings and actions on Facebook, Twitter, etc and where do u think people found their outlet before them? Or did they … Continue reading
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A simpler explanation for Tiger Woods….
Sometimes there’s a simpler explanation for things that gets lost in all the craziness. This is a page from this week’s Economist magazine (that’s my thumb in the lower left corner). As you can see, Tiger – being a high … Continue reading
How many people don’t know that Wi-Fi at Starbucks is free?
This is a public service announcement. Starbucks Wi-Fi is free! People don’t seem to know this. I’m constantly being asked when I’m on my computer at Starbucks whether I’m paying for the connection. Also, whenever I hear someone say that … Continue reading
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Infected by Style
One gets infected, it is true, by the style of a work that one has been reading. – Hercule Poirot, in The Clocks. Agatha Christie This is the best phrasing I have read of something I have always known to … Continue reading
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If everyone could look after their Starbucks as I look after mine…
… so I’m sitting at Starbucks long enough that I’m beginning to feel the numbness in my left butt cheek. I think to myself, “Guess I’d better shift to the other butt cheek again.” But then, a strange thing happens … Continue reading
Finally restarting my personal blog
Restarting personal blog at nickoliva.com Continue reading
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