The Devil You Know
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About this site
This is my personal bastion of blather unrelated to my business, including but not limited to: family pictures, cool gadgets, music, pop culture and moderate media punditry unrelated to Dallas / Fort Worth. If I haven't posted lately, it means I'm busy on the day job. You can follow me more frequently on Twitter. More details and contact info here.-
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- Stream o’ consciousness for July 29th
- Stream o’ consciousness for July 28th
- Stream o’ consciousness for July 27th
- Stream o’ consciousness for July 26th
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for July 29th.— 5h ago via orrenmedia.com
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@stephenanderson Bejeweled 2, Tiger Woods Golf, Poker [mikeorren]— 12h ago via Twitter
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RT @johnmoe: Dave Grohl and Jack White are not permitted to join more than 60% of existing bands. #NewRulesForBands [mikeorren]— 12h ago via Twitter
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Checked in at Blue Mesa— 13h ago via Foursquare
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— 15h ago via Generic
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If you live in, or care about, Far East Dallas, I highly recommend you get in on the pre-sale for the FRI celebration: http://is.gd/dQVI7 [mikeorren]— 15h ago via Twitter
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for July 28th.— 1d ago via orrenmedia.com
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Checked in at Dallas Comedy House— 1d ago via Foursquare
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@drnicomartini Just means you're following the wrong peeps (present company excepted). [mikeorren]— 1d ago via Twitter
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Gonna be a full house & great time. RT @denicetex: Who else is going to the Ignite PowerPoint Improv tonight?? [mikeorren]— 1d ago via Twitter
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RT @pegasusnews: Pegasus News week in view: Ballin' with the Rangers edition - http://eepurl.com/LJDR [mikeorren]— 1d ago via Twitter
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Gearing up for @IgniteDallas PowerPoint Improv @dallascomedy tonight. Putting the decks together and I can only say "bwa ha haa!" #fb [mikeorren]— 2d ago via Twitter
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Published Stream o’ consciousness for July 27th.— July 28th via orrenmedia.com
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@Truersound Spankers FTW. [mikeorren]— July 28th via Twitter
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@Brizzyc @jeffjarvis "Ten *Commandments*," eh? Clearly a liberal brainwash and not the least sustainable. [mikeorren]— July 28th via Twitter
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RT @danielbachhuber: Problem: common monetization paradigm is "slapping ugly, distracting ads" on a visually beautiful interactive. #hhnyc [mikeorren]— July 28th via Twitter
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@Knownhuman Winthrop. [mikeorren]— July 28th via Twitter
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Fleeting wisdom
If you can keep your head when all about you
— Rudyard Kipling
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;
If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Man my son!Best of…
How “Yes, and…” at Dallas Comedy House turns ten strangers into a big ball of funny
We quickly learn that support is the name of the game -- this particular philosophy of improv, the same that has spawned countless Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central stars, is all based on the concept of "Yes, and..." While much drama is based on conflict, good improv is based on agreement and amplification.Banjo, The Best Dog Ever™
There’s an old saying that “I wish I could be half the man my dog thinks I am.” That’s a good one. But someday, I also hope to become half the man my dog was.The Wedding Toast
I encounter far too many people in this world who are dead behind the eyes — Houston isn’t one of them. He is a real man in the greatest sense, and his powers of perception and his constant search for what is real and genuine in a fast-food world will continue to enrich both your lives.Why I think the economy is even scarier than I thought
Pegasus News: "Square Pegs" 10/9/08
Peter is at the door. He's broke and pissed and Paul is off on one last exotic resort junket before he goes into court-ordered rehab.Multimedia: Ferguson Road Initiative celebrates ten years of changing neighborhoods for the better
Pegasus News: 10/2/08
For me, the history of Pegasus News will always be intertwined with the Ferguson Road Initiative (FRI).Search, data and the responsibilities of news orgs
Pegasus News: "Square Pegs" 6/16/08
Technology is allowing us do things that seemed a pipedream three years ago. Along the way, we need to reflect on the downsides of the upside.Why I love local
Pegasus News: "Square Pegs" 1/27/08
...if local is a sentence, lock me up and throw away the keyThe State of Journalism
Duke Magazine 9/10/07
[Kevin] Sack might be surprised to see our database of every candidate, official, and contributor in our region-something the newspaper does not provide. He might be appalled to learn that mere citizens reported on elections in towns that journalists eschew. When we cover mundane things, we get hundreds of responses and thousands of eyeballs-partly because of technologies Sack fears, delivering unique and wanted information to each individual.Mud starts flying in Dallas District 9 Council race
Pegasus News 4/21/07
When we put up our political database, we certainly hoped to generate thoughtful discussion and debate about local elections. We didn't expect to become a battlefield of leaked information, mis-information and confusing whodunits.Lessons from the launch Online Journalism Review 1/17/07 ...we launched a prototype entertainment site; won an EPpy award; nearly fell to pieces; and made more mistakes than we can count -- But we’ve learned some invaluable lessons about local digital media along the way. Here’s a sampling of some of the things that we think we know now.
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