Warning: I am knowingly and willingly burying the lede here. It’s my blog and I’ll adopt a more narrative structure if I want to. If Buzzfeed has turned you into an “I need the news now!” person, jump to the bold section a few paragraphs in but know that you’re breaking my long-form loving heart… Continue reading News worth dusting off the blog for
Author: joeboughner
Nudity and yummy mummies
I mean, really, this is just the manifestation of some long-apparent destiny anyway, right? Honestly, hands up if you haven’t looked at me and thought “man, that guy is one yummy mummy.” Oh. Wow. That’s a lot of hands. Jerks. Anyway, with that self-indulgent bit of rambling out of the way, it is my incredible… Continue reading Nudity and yummy mummies
Five years
10 years ago today I was a month into the first academic year in which I was not a student since I was a kid. I knew that journalism was not my calling – despite successfully completing my degree in the field – but I had no idea what was. I cobbled together a living… Continue reading Five years
Airport Bingo – The gaming sensation that is sweeping the nation
Business traveller with lots of long layovers? Recreational traveller who cleared security too early? Fear not, road warriors, your salvation is at hand. Joe Boughner Enterprises is pleased to present Airport Bingo – the gaming sensation that’s sweeping the nation. Play alone or play with friends (actually, don’t play with friends, there’s only one card… Continue reading Airport Bingo – The gaming sensation that is sweeping the nation
Defining strategy
It’s something of a recurring joke in my family that I have a knack for picking hard-to-explain jobs as part of a hard-to-explain career. I had an email exchange with my parents today in which I tried to sum it up in a metaphor they could use to explain it to their retiree friends in… Continue reading Defining strategy
Apropos of nothing
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The Mashable dilemma
I get that sites like Mashable get their revenue from ads. And I also get that ad revenue is contingent upon eyeballs. I get it. I really do. So when I see something blatantly linkbaity, I know why it’s there. But it leads to something of a credibility gap, doesn’t it?
WEM@#SoCapOTT (WTF?)
TREMBLE BEFORE MY ABUSE OF ACRONYMS! Ok, that’s done. So yea, last year I was thrilled to a) help recruit speakers for; b) speak at; and c) serve as emcee at the first ever Social Capital Conference in Ottawa. I thought it was a pretty great event and, evidently, others did too cause this year… Continue reading WEM@#SoCapOTT (WTF?)
Well that is just unfortunate placement
The ability for companies like Google to extrapolate keywords from articles and emails and serve up relevant advertising is a big part of what drives their business. The algorithms or whatever black magic powers them is pretty good too. Sometimes too good. ——– ——– Screen grab of a Mashable article (as it appears in my… Continue reading Well that is just unfortunate placement
SNARKOGRAPHIC: How news breaks on Twitter
Ever watched a story trend on Twitter and ask yourself “self, what would a graphical representation of this overhyped shitshow look like?” Well noble reader, through the miracle of science I can now show you. For the first time ever, Joe Boughner’s Social Media Science Labs is pleased to present a totally scientific explanation of how… Continue reading SNARKOGRAPHIC: How news breaks on Twitter