by Jim Stitzel | Nov 15, 2011 | General
A little over a year ago, three authors on Ficly completed a collaborative short story that took about six months to complete. For those not familiar, Ficly is a flash fiction site where all stories must be 1000 characters or fewer. Any story may be sequeled or...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 14, 2011 | General
Everyone’s seen them. You load the page for the latest viral video or the most recent update to your favorite web series, and the video player loads a screen similar to the one above. You have to provide the information requested to view the video, and you do so...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 24, 2011 | General
Facebook has rolled yet another obnoxious feature with no user option to disable it — the App Ticker. Apparently, some folks have seen it for a week or so now, but it only just showed up on my profile today. I’ve been using the wonderful Facebook Fixer...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 24, 2011 | General
Fox delays Hulu availability, piracy surges. I can’t say as I’m surprised by this at all. I noticed recently that Fox had suddenly started delaying the publishing of their shows to Hulu from next day broadcast to eight days. They’re not the only...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 22, 2011 | General
And hey, while I’m on the topic of rants, a friend’s Facebook status inspired the following comment, and I felt like it probably deserved its own post. I’ve noticed that store receipts seem to be getting longer and longer lately — and only...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 22, 2011 | General
Credit Scores Are Bullshit – “I used to think a credit score was all about your ability to pay, but it’s clear now it’s more about how profitable you will be to banks.” I have very little doubt about this. It became clear to me a few...
