I had a post published on readwriteweb.com today, “Why Are Dead People Liking Stuff on Facebook?” that took a look at people – some of them dead – shilling for brands they had never liked. The piece went viral – 187,000 page views the first 12 hours it was up, and was on the top of the home page of digg.com, spanning all 3 columns, for several hours later the same day. The article pretty clearly shows the “what” – people’s names showing in ads for brands which say they “liked” that brand, when they never di
Here’s a link to an article I wrote for The Atlantic , “ The Real Reason Silicon Valley Coders Write Bad Software “. The piece is about how a good foundation in creative writing will lead to better software, both via better documentation, and just plain better, more organized thinking.
NOTE: I didn’t choose that title – I think it’s more incendiary than I intended the article to be. I should also mention that the article was meant for lay people, not fellow engineers – thus the generalizations and hyperbole. Bottom line: students, educators and writers loved it; engineers hated it. Lulz.