The Reo World

adulting:

Hi everyone! So the book came out last week and it’s been kind of a whirlwind since then, although I will say that I have achieved a life-dream, which is to utter the phrase “go look at pictures of baby otters” live on Fox News.

I’m sorting through all the book giveaway entries, and will have some winners announced by Wednesday; in the meantime, go check these answers out because oh man, you guys are so wonderfully adult and are slaying it out there.

In the meantime, here is a great guest entry from LeotardSanity:

The Internet is a great place to learn how not to have a meaningful discussion. Rather than respectfully sharing our point of view, any lengthy conversation on sensitive matters such as politics, religion, race, sexuality, or the Oxford comma quickly devolves into a lot of mudslinging and comparing those on the other side to the Third Reich. If you’re wanting anyone’s opinions to actually be swayed by the argument you present, whether on the Internet or in real life, here are some tips to remember:

Read More

This is literally how I felt about the Prop 8 campaign and why it failed in 2008. Wow.

For the hope of humanity:

1. Hashtags in normal language. Like, I get it, a hashtag is a great way to summarize something quickly. OK. But, really, a song title? #1nite is no different than “One Night,” Cobra Starship. And just because you hashtag it does not make it trend on Twitter.
   
   
2. Video blogging. I’m sorry, but I much prefer things written out if they’re in rough form. I like videos that are well-edited and tell a story. So unless your vlog does that, just stop. Also…
   
   
3. Short-form video. Like, really Vine? Is that really a thing? How have our attention spans gotten this collectively short? <Goes to watch a Vine about Ryan Gosling and cereal>
   
   
4. Autotune. Well, really, I think the future means better autotune, such that we won’t recognize that awkward eeeeerrrrr sound when someone’s voice fails at singing or cracks. We just won’t be able to tell the difference between a well-developed voice and a pubescent boy. This is the future we have chosen.
   
   
5. One-upping people on how hard we’re working or how late it is or how little sleep we got last night. I officially don’t care if you worked 29 hours yesterday and drank 85 cups of coffee. Or that you got, “like, 4 hours of sleep last week.”
   
   Good for you. I’m glad you’ve found a job you love that makes you want to work late. But, if you love your job, just love it. Find ways to deal with the stress. Don’t complain about how much you worked. That suggests to me you don’t really love you job.
   
   Also - productivity is funny, when you take care of yourself, you’re more productive. So go to sleep!
   
   
6. E-mail. Count me in the camp of people who think e-mail needs to die. I’d much rather IM my coworkers or post to a message board than pour endlessly over whether the word choice in this overly-long e-mail is professional enough. That said, I’ll still need e-mail for client outreach. Maybe Salesforce or Google or someone will solve this problem.

These are things. Make of them what you will. Now time for me to grab another coffee and pour over another 1-2 hours of work. (j/k…sort of)