Urban Semiotic

I'm never at a loss learning how many young people are uneducated in the proper way to communicate online with those outside their immediate generation.  Over the last couple of years, I've noticed kids in the 18-20 year old age range have terrible email manners.  They write, you reply -- they never acknowledge your response -- so you're left to wonder if you got stuck in a Spam folder or if you're just being ignored.  Kids today have no idea why sending back an "Ack" is intrinsically important in continuing the hoary, but vital, tradition of effective online communication.  

It's that time of the year again when we open our hearts to Six Apart and another major Movable Type upgrade only to once again have our love spun unrequited and our delicate hearts shattered by a reality that belies the promise.

In the days since Haiti was rocked with terrifying earthquakes that may have killed more than 100,000 people and destroyed buildings and infrastructure, support has been pouring in from all over the world.

President Obama stepped forward yesterday and took personal responsibility for the failure to stop the "underwear bomber" from getting on the plane. 

On the eve of The New Year, it's time to once again fecklessly peer into the future to divine the yet unknown for the year 2010. 

On December 27, 2009, Domino's Pizza threw out their old pizza recipe and, they claim, invented a whole new taste experience.  Yesterday, I suspending my eating morality for two seconds and took a bite of the "new and improved" Domino's -- cheese only -- pizza to see just how much had changed with the iconic pizza of my childhood. 

Finding the right form for expression is always a challenging effort and mandate and today, we are delighted announce that UnitedStage.com has transmogrified from website into the 13th blog in the Boles Blogs Network!