Subject: Learning from "Nathan's Law"
Learning from "Nathan's Law"
September 22nd, 2023 at 5:57 pm PDTI guarantee you don't know what I'm talking about View onlineI like to run experiments from time to time to see what, if anything is working. I send out our emails from my own account here or on our Substack account depending on the material. It is ...
Getting "cozy" on Twitter/𝕏
September 16th, 2023 at 10:18 am PDTNarrowcasting in my bathrobe View onlineBefore the advent of the podcast generation, we had Talk Radio. The three-hour program was the standard. Granted, talk radio was rather formulaic. Usually, 4 blocks per hour with commercials in between. Ha ...
Reckoning with that tragedy. It never goes away
September 11th, 2023 at 12:51 pm PDT22 years and I'm still not over it View onlineThough I don't read newspapers regularly like I once did, I still get the news every day. I curate my feeds and lately a good deal of that is on Twitter/𝕏. So, this being the anniversary of the 9/11 ...
From the depths of my cold heart flows occasional charity
September 6th, 2023 at 1:21 pm PDTAnd free swag for those who want it View onlineI'm giving away free stuff... With two conditions: follow me on Twitter (@BrianDOLeary) and subscribe to our daily emails. If you've been following us for a while, you may remember O'Leary's First Law: ...
Hate social media? So do I. But I'm doing something about it
September 5th, 2023 at 3:40 pm PDTCreating community ... on Twitter View onlineSocial media. I hate it. I also love it ... at times. Love-hate relationship. Twitter is where I spend the most of my social media time these days. Recently, I even hosted a Spaces on the platform (even t ...
Reality television — all too 'real' these days
August 21st, 2023 at 5:11 pm PDTBut it brings me back to a sport I love somehow View onlineOne of our favorite shows is Big Brother which airs on CBS during the summer. It's not very good, but we like it anyway. A new season started just the other day… a little later than norma ...
A quaint lunch date at Micky D's opened my eyes
August 18th, 2023 at 12:42 pm PDTThey're pricing me out of fast food! View onlineMost people don't understand what things cost. It's easy to look at the prices on the grocery shelves and declare, 2.99! That's not what I'm talking about. For instance, I went into McDonald's the ...
Lost in today's America
August 15th, 2023 at 4:54 pm PDTThere's a good chance our children are getting dumber View onlineNobody ever taught you how to talk. Sure, the basic skills of language were developed over time. Your mother or grandmother or grammar school teacher may have corrected you over and o ...
What is old is new again
August 1st, 2023 at 4:48 pm PDTParticularly leather goods View onlineIn a recent conversation with a friend, we were talking about the wisdom in old quotations. The words might change but the messages imparted by the great thinkers tend to repeat over time. Many such cases. Anot ...
You are not your khakis
July 29th, 2023 at 12:25 pm PDTeven with the best cotton dockers on earth View onlineThere are stats out there where I can tell if someone opened one of our emails or downloaded a podcast. However, it's near impossible to know if someone actually read or listened unless they give ...