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Re: New STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Series Finale Photos — “Life, Itself”

David Parmet — Tue, 28 May 2024 01:12:13 -0000

Me too. I'll save me some $$ until next year and watch LD and SNW then.

Re: 15 Ways to Restore Your Creativity

David Parmet — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:33:23 -0000

Whenever I feel I've hit the creative wall, I just push through. I force myself to carry my camera everywhere I go and keep shooting. Sooner or later it comes back.

Re: My Top Favorite 10 Concerts in 2013

David Parmet — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 09:08:40 -0000

Note the distinctly 80s bent....

Re: My Top Favorite 10 Concerts in 2013

David Parmet — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:21:31 -0000

OMD at Terminal 5
Elvis Costello at the Capital
Fountains of Wayne also at the Capital
Peter Hook at Webster Hall

I'm sure there were more.....

Re: I’m a Loser.

David Parmet — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:22:20 -0000

Great story. And a great lesson. I've had my ass shown the door a couple of times but in retrospect, they weren't the right places for me in the first place. Live and learn.

Re: 17 Favorite Science Fiction Works

David Parmet — Fri, 31 May 2013 11:39:13 -0000

Agreed about the first two Hyperion books. They were great Simmons seems to have lost his way in the 3rd and 4th books.

Re: 17 Favorite Science Fiction Works

David Parmet — Fri, 31 May 2013 08:24:54 -0000

Anything by Neal Stephenson - es The Baroque Trilogy. Anything in the Known Space series by Larry Niven.

I'm finding though that the older (and further away from the first time I read) Foundation and Dune, they don't hold up very well. Especially Foundation.

I'm re-reading Larry Silverberg's The World Inside and it's even better than I remembered.

Re: SciFi Nerd Dream Come True

David Parmet — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:39:04 -0000

If you enjoyed Ringworld - check out Niven's Fleet of Worlds series. It is a complete retelling of the Known Space stories up to Ringworld but from the Puppeteers' point of view.

Re: SciFi Nerd Dream Come True

David Parmet — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:25:33 -0000

This summer I'm planning on revisiting some of my favorites from the past. Larry Niven's Ringworld and Robert Silverberg's The World Inside are at the top of my list. Should make for good beach reading.

Re: Exiting Facebook as a Marketing Vehicle

David Parmet — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:56:18 -0000

For pretty much the same reasons - I've started creating lists of people I want to follow and who might possibly be interested in pictures of my kids. It's easier than a mass de-friending.

As far as Facebook's future - I have three kids in the immediate pre-Facebook years (10, 10 and almost 13) and they've never so much as asked about when they could have Facebook accounts. It's just not cool to be on the same platform your Grandmother is.

Re: A Big Adventure Begins

David Parmet — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:15:22 -0000

What should we call you? Peachtree City Gavin? Congrats! And good luck with the RoRs stuff - I've never been able to get beyond 'hello world'

Re: Moving on to TechCrunch

David Parmet — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:44:04 -0000

Congrats!

Re: A Heretic’s Quest for Influence Beyond Klout

David Parmet — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:22:11 -0000

Aw gee... shucks!

But I still don't understand why someone like Ron Garan - a freaking astronaut who tweeted, Flickred, Facebooked and Google+ed from space - ranks a 67. That's lower than a whole lot of so-called social media consultants / experts / naval gazers (not you of course...)

Re: A Heretic’s Quest for Influence Beyond Klout

David Parmet — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:26:47 -0000

Lately I've noticed whenever I tweet about social media or marketing, my Klout score goes down. Anything else and it goes up. Interesting....

Re: von Braun @100

David Parmet — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:57:49 -0000

When I think of all of the other scientists, artists and intellectuals (even Jewish ones) who managed to get out of Germany before things got really bad, Von Braun's retroactive claims of regret seem rather hollow.

Re: 1-800-Flowers Gets No Bouquets From the Disappointed - Businessweek

David Parmet — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:59:21 -0000

FTD didn't do much better. Take a look at twitter.com/ftdflowers and add my name to the list of angry husbands, boyfriends, etc....

Re: Gingrich Talks About Space Policy in Florida (Update)

David Parmet — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:34:34 -0000

Moon Ponies!

Re: Virtual Star Parties, More Astronomers Needed

David Parmet — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:43:17 -0000

This is a great idea - I've sent a note to some of the members of my astronomy club who have the technology...

Re: CONTEST: Social Business or Social Bullshit?

David Parmet — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:32:20 -0000

But it's all going to depend on the internal champion(s). If there's no one inside the enterprise who's pushing, any consultant or agency isn't going to be able to do much more than collect a check.

Re: CONTEST: Social Business or Social Bullshit?

David Parmet — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:21:46 -0000

Social business is real. But it has to come from within the enterprise and the usual suspects - consultants and agencies - aren't equipped to bring social media from without into the enterprise. It's either going to come from within, or it's not going to happen.

Re: Bashing Google+: Fashionable, but not Smart

David Parmet — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:03:14 -0000

Interesting analogy...

Re: Bashing Google+: Fashionable, but not Smart

David Parmet — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:03:02 -0000

In a perfect long tail world - there are a lot more smaller hits than blockbusters. Or at least there should be.

Re: Bashing Google+: Fashionable, but not Smart

David Parmet — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:50:14 -0000

I couldn't agree more. I'm finding a higher level of signal to noise on G+, better and more engaging conversations and more control over whom I'm addressing and how. It's not a Facebook killer but certainly with such a large market there's room for more than one social networking toy?

Re: I love it when Wikipedia asks for donations - The Oatmeal

David Parmet — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:49:41 -0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

booya!

Re: Radiohead and “The American Radiohead”: Filling the R.E.M. void | Music | For Our Consideration | The A.V. Club

David Parmet — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:55:01 -0000

they were the most 'important' band of the mid to late 80s and that was about it.