Derek Powazek

How To Spot A Liar

Derek Powazek — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:44:55 +0000

I'm not going to get into the subjective nature of truth, what's appropriate in theater, or Mr. Daisey's seemingly pathological need to nail himself to a cross. I just wanted to share this one observation.

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How To Spot A Liar
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Flickr: Domini Domini Domini, You’re All Christians Now

Derek Powazek — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:32:36 +0000

Flickr has added a Christian signifier to my virtual home and I have no way to remove it. In the eyes of the rest of the community, Flickr has turned me into a Christian.

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Swan Swan Hummingbird

Derek Powazek — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:52:47 +0000

Could this be it? An insight to what those words mean, finally, after 20 years of them rattling around in my brain? Could I be right? Only Michael Stipe could know for sure.

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Swan Swan Hummingbird
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Gelatinous Spooge, 1997-2011

Derek Powazek — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:33:05 +0000

In her prime, Spoo was a lap-warmer, fearless explorer, lover of boxes, occasional houseplant destroyer, hunter of moths, neighborhood cat brawler, and playmate to our dog, Chieka.

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Our Generation’s John Lennon

Derek Powazek — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:40:40 +0000

The other day I was talking to my uncle. He's my dad's age, a boomer. I was struggling to explain the importance of Steve Jobs' death to my generation ("Generation X", more or less) when this popped out of my mouth: "He was our generation's John Lennon." Ever since I said it, it's been rattling around my brain. Could it be so?

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“Nobody Uses Their Real Name” and Other Outdated Notions

Derek Powazek — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:59:58 +0000

I got my first email address in 1991. I was a freshman at UC Santa Cruz and a friend took me to a basement geek office where you had to fill out a paper form to get your free ucsc.edu email account. In the box labeled "User-name" I started to write "Derek." My friend stopped me. "Nobody uses their real name." He said it like he was talking to a child.

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Original Blogger Identity Design

Derek Powazek — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:47:54 +0000

The news that Google may be retiring the Blogger identity prompted me to go through my archives to find the…

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Derek and Dad, 1975

Derek Powazek — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:02:44 +0000

That’s me on the left, though these days I look more like the guy on the right. Happy Father’s Day.…

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How to Turn a Fan into an Enemy in Under 140 Characters

Derek Powazek — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:43:35 +0000

Because I’m a media dork, I’ve listened to NPR’s On The Media since its debut. It’s the first podcast I…

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On The Network Manifesto

Derek Powazek — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:19:27 +0000

I'm thinking about starting a podcast or something called "On The Network" to counter all the idiocy I hear in traditional media about the internet. If I did, here's the beta version of the 10 guiding principles that would guide it.

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On The Network Manifesto
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