Author Archives: Mitch Wagner

I’m moving this blog to www.MitchWagner.com, on Tumblr. If you’re used to visiting me here, bookmark that site instead. Or even better, start your own TumbleBlog and follow me. Why am I moving? Steve Rubel, PR braniac for Edelman, says … Continue reading →

NEEDED: – 8-year-old girl – Her twin sister – An uncle – Tennis ball. HOW TO PLAY: – Explain the rules to the uncle. Sort of. – The player who is “It” throws the ball up in the air and … Continue reading →

A friend was very enthusiastic about this video. She said it was life-changing: It is one hell of a video, but I’m not sure I agree with the speaker’s conclusions. The speaker, Ric Elias, describes what it was like to … Continue reading →

I somehow missed “Battlestar Galactica” when it was on TV originally. Well, there’s no somehow about it — it’s not like we were cruelly tricked. We watched the original miniseries, and thought it was fantastic. Then we watched the first … Continue reading →

Almost as much as the TV series itself, I enjoy James Poniewozik‘s write-ups after each episode airs, on Time.com. He catches things I miss, even after reading most of the books. A major theme Poniewozik notes is that the series … Continue reading →

Ran Prieur is apparently well-known to everybody but me. Prieur specializes in thinking about the collapse of civilization, but not in a Mad Max way. In a nice way. Here’s how he describes himself in a May 27 interview with … Continue reading →

Over on The CMO Site, I did a blog post talking about our adventures getting a 21st Century television. Short version: Loving the TV, not loving Cox much at the moment. I also talked a bit about “cord-cutting” — cutting … Continue reading →

I’ve been messing around with iChromy and Opera Mini, two free new Web browsers for the iPad that claim to be faster, leaner and more powerful than the standard Safari browser and the alternatives. iChromy is my new favorite Web … Continue reading →

I went to a professional networking event tonight, the annual monthly mixer for the San Diego chapter of the American Marketing Association. I like going to these kinds of things. As a work-from-home professional blogger, I spend a ton of … Continue reading →

We got a new TV over the weekend. Did I mention that before? It actually arrived Thursday, but we put it off until Saturday or Sunday to set up, because we didn’t want to hassle with it on a weekday. … Continue reading →