Trending
I’ll admit it, I’m kind of addicted to the “trending” column on Facebook’s desktop version. Yes, it’s taken a little of the fun out of “discovering” celebrity deaths, but there is often some helpful or interesting info there. And yet, I am often left wondering, “Why the fuck is this trending?” What I’ve done right […]
Twitter, Breakfast, and the Crumbling of Society
Walking back from Jersey City the other night, a sign posted in the Burger King window caught my eye. I snapped a photo and posted it on Instagram and Facebook with the caption “America: We Give Up!” People “liked” it, we made some jokes, and life carried on. Or… did it? You see, last […]
Ask Jack: Beating Stress, Facebook Likes, And Job Of The Week
In this week’s AOL Job advice column: handling stress on the job, and how to get friends to “like” your company Facebook page.
Hey CNN and Wired Magazine….
…shut the F up and see why Jack Silbert calls your free public library the “Netflix for books.”
Separated at Birth XXIX
Spectacular Now star Miles Teller and Mark Zuckerberg who started Friendster or something
Happy 10th Anniversary, R.I.P.!
Bob Hope was dead, and I was feeling kind of responsible. It was Monday, July 28, 2003. Word had filtered in that the 100-year-old funnyman had finally passed away just the night before, after famously outliving his New York Times obituary writer. A couple of weeks earlier, my photo-editor friend David had given me a […]
Separated at Birth XXI
A three-parter: From Adam Sandler to veteran sportscaster Len Berman via the real-estate guy who keeps showing up in my Facebook ads
How Not To Go Viral
This morning, September 4, 2012, a dream died, live on the air. It was a dream that lasted 595 days, only to be coldly snuffed out when former NFL defensive end Michael Strahan was officially named the permanent co-host of Live! With Kelly. And though my efforts to land the job ultimately fell short, I […]
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