#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,000 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 33 trips to carry that many people.
Stop the press as the world discovers that if you try to bend something, it actually does bend – plus my own #BendGate video after the jump reveals shocking results!
There’s a glut of superheroes on the small and big screens right now, but they are the Superheroes we deserve, not the ones we need.
Is it still possible to tread the moral path through a cesspool of Likes and Shares?
Deeply, deeply saddened today on hearing the news of the passing of a friend, mentor and former editor, whom I greatly respected and admired, and had a lot of affection for. The time spent working with him is a much cherished period in my memories and I will miss him greatly.
Continue reading “Tribute to a former Editor: Anwar Chowdhury”
Sometime ago I got what appeared to be a lovely complimentary message – ‘great article’ it began. That’s always a good start, because no matter how much experience we accrue, how jaded we get, or aloof we pretend to be, ultimately we creative types are always hungry for appreciation.
Then my great start to the day, switched to a blow in the soft bits: ‘Can we use it – we’ll give you credit for it!’
In real life if someone wants to be your friend, or even just wants to get to know you, the proper etiquette would be to introduce themselves. Why doesn’t that apply to Facebook?
Sometimes someone says something so wrong with such conviction, that the only option you’re left with is to just pretend-agree, because to argue would simply see you expending huge amounts of unimpeachable logic at an impenetrable force field and leave you utterly Larry-David-exasperated.
Here are some interesting stats for you, sent to me in a release from Canon Middle East. More than two-thirds of all UAE parents view social media as a good thing, and reckon it’s useful for communications. On the other hand, a third of children surveyed believe that there are dangers inherent in its use.
Continue reading “Parents think social media is good, children think it’s bad – huh?”
I just got paid for a photography gig, not words, just pictures. First time that’s happened. So does that mean I can call myself a photographer now?
