communication

  • Fashion, Politics, and Evolution

    Our clothes inform other people many things about us. Our careers, education, wealth, and social class. When a person sees a stranger for the first time they make choices about the best way to communicate with them, or even if… Continue reading

  • Writing An Empire

    Teenagers have their own little groups, and each group has its own language. These languages begin with movie quotes and song lyrics, then competition with other teens pressures them to evolve so they only need to allude to the movie… Continue reading

  • Natural Reaction vs. Trained Reactions in Social Media

    Startle a goat and it goes rigid, falls over, and plays dead. Startle a cat and it will either run away at mach 4 or arch its back, with hairs on end, and create a sound that tells everyone in… Continue reading

  • Pattern Recognition

    I keep getting locked out of Twitter.“Suspicious Login Blocked.”I only ever log in from one place,and two step verification.No evidence of the account being hacked.A primitive way to manage social media?Not that I am at all influential. Trying to push… Continue reading

  • Children Have No Boundaries

    Sitting back and relaxing, watching a football game with a friend. I don’t care about the game, or the sport, much less either of the teams,.. but my friend is an ardent fan of one team playing. As a casual… Continue reading

  • Throttle and Brake

    So far, in my fifty plus years of living, the hardest lesson to learn has been knowing when to press the throttle and when to press the brake. A lesson that is still playing out. Like everyone, information is continuously… Continue reading