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Comment on Mac OS Names That Never Made it to Market by Da Chew

Da Chew — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:16:20 +0000

- Liger
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- Warthog
- Dodo bird
- Wombat
- Ocelot
- Lynx
- Hagfish
- Alpaca

Comment on Mac OS Names That Never Made it to Market by Josiah Ritchie

Josiah Ritchie — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:37:56 +0000

Hot Potato

Comment on Radicalism is the New Caffeine: Thoughts on Kony 2012 by Chance

Chance — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:42:33 +0000

Co-opting radicalism/activism and the inspiration of youth has its modern birth at Woodstock and probably has been around since the ancients. Invisible Children doesn’t get a critical look in your piece at all. It’s a-historical. Kony is no longer in Uganda, he may well be dead. Nothing about the repressive Ugandan government in the video.

Film/video is a powerful medium for communicating ideas. You sell Americans short. We don’t need the presentation to be consumerized to find engagement. True human connection is a deeper source of meaning.

Comment on Radicalism is the New Caffeine: Thoughts on Kony 2012 by Jeff Sanders

Jeff Sanders — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:14:25 +0000

I think I have read more than a dozen commentaries on Kony 2012 and your post is the best analysis out there. I struggled greatly with the paradox in my own brain between saving the world and simply jumping on the latest bandwagon. On this issue, I’m leaning in favor of Invisible Children. Though the situation in Africa is unrelentingly complex, it is necessary to do what we can to help others.

Comment on Radicalism is the New Caffeine: Thoughts on Kony 2012 by Ethan

Ethan — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:06:03 +0000

Thx Jon. Interesting.

Comment on Radicalism is the New Caffeine: Thoughts on Kony 2012 by Jason Huffman

Jason Huffman — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:22:31 +0000

Read your awesome blog. Then watched the YouTube video. Then read your blog again.
I’m embarrassed to admit that I knew a little about the Kony movement, basically after hearing about it from my 15-year-old daughter, and I had put off checking out the video.

Your column is very thought provoking, because I might not have watched the video with the same eye for marketing or the deeper meaning of the promotion. Those of us older than 40 will probably be reminded of the classic Feed the Children commercials performed by Sally Struthers. Those commercials played off guilt. They humanized small African children, who otherwise might have been dismissed as being from another land where life doesn’t have as much value. But I think it was guilt that got people to respond.

You are right that by giving out wristbands — and I think it is clever that you get two — you add fashion as a motivator. After all, what is fashion but an attempt to be perceived in a positive way by your peers. But personally, I’ve never liked getting a sticker, badge or wristband for doing a good thing. That to me has always felt like the wrong message. Don’t do the right thing because it will impress somebody. Do the right thing because it is the right thing.

Comment on Radicalism is the New Caffeine: Thoughts on Kony 2012 by Josiah Ritchie

Josiah Ritchie — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:42:41 +0000

Ironically, I want to start a campaign to wake us up to the disaster of our consumer based-activism. I see this as the same as SOPA activism. Activism has become just another fad opportunity. I’m predicting that we’ll forget Kony as a whole in a week our two. In today’s activism climate, a target merely has to wait out our attention span. Being that it is intentionally based rather than (our additionally) intellectually based our attention span does not surpass our feelings. Let us build our intellect up where or emotions have been triggered and improve or attention span.

Comment on Radicalism is the New Caffeine: Thoughts on Kony 2012 by michael gaunt

michael gaunt — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:52:21 +0000

Thanks Jon – Thanks for taking on the the subject of everything being coated in an icing of someone’s idea of hipness – relevance. Feeling like one is being told through images what the correct response is. The unease is worse because so few people within the demographic sympathetic to the product/cause point that out. Thanks for opening a window and letting in some fresh air. Now I need to see Kony 2012 – mg

Comment on Radicalism is the New Caffeine: Thoughts on Kony 2012 by paul del signore

paul del signore — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:16:56 +0000

“in the West everything we do is through the lens of consumption” – well said, the paradox of slick marketing and making a difference is an odd but common delivery style in our culture

Comment on Radicalism is the New Caffeine: Thoughts on Kony 2012 by Joe Steinitz

Joe Steinitz — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:25:06 +0000

Well done Jon. Thanks. So appreciate this.

Comment on INSANE DSLR Rig Contraption by James

James — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:11:22 +0000

I would consider buying if you could intergrate a foot spa (must include seat) & an umberella (actually cant believe you left out the umberela!

nice vid mate, so true and entertaining

Comment on How To Make A Real Reality Show by brandon

brandon — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:10:11 +0000

i would love to have my own show today or someday in the moments today or sometime thank you bye

Comment on Ipad Circa 1854 by admin

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:20:12 +0000

Jon, this is witty and brilliant!

-Jon

Comment on Category Smashing: Why Our Culture Hates Labels by Josiah

Josiah — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:12:47 +0000

In order to know someone, you must build relationships especially with categories being shrugged off. I like the impact this has on accountability, moving more towards discipleship and away from the more general thing it has been in some environments.

Also, how does a generation who abhors Categories feel about Tags? (looking at you uncategorized post with a stack of tags #irony)

Comment on Category Smashing: Why Our Culture Hates Labels by linda barnes

linda barnes — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:54:51 +0000

A very interesting topic that I’ve not really thought about.
A Hybrid belief is a Still-birth belief. That is very intriguing statement and true!!
Not wanting any labels…does demonstrate a lack of commitment to anything…other than a focus on yourself!!
Jesus being a Category-Smasher leaves a good place to discuss this with someone of this present age if they are willing to look at what He said and did and what that means for us today!
Thanks….have you gotten any other comments?