The birth of Beer &...

“Who would have thought that all this would have grown out of WordCamp:Las Vegas?” That’s a question I’ve been asked several times over the past few weeks while attending Beer & Blog. If you haven’t heard, Beer & Blog is a weekly meeting that takes...

Just say no to Facebook...

Last week I asked for your opinion on using Twitter updates to automatically feed my Facebook status updates. I received a lot of great feedback and when all was said and done I decided I decided that the auto-updates should stop. I removed the app from Facebook leaving me with exactly...

Book Review: Crooked Li...

For some books it takes a couple chapters to catch my interest. For some it’s only a few pages. But Crooked Little Vein had me hooked on the very first page. Crooked Little Vein is the first novel written by Warren Ellis. But, this is hardly his first published work. He’s an...

JHU Face lift, 2009

I’ve known for a while that I have wanted to change the way that JohnHawkinsUnrated.com has looked. A big part of the issue was trying to figure out what the heck I wanted to do with the site. I poured over hundreds of templates trying to figure out what I was aiming for. Almost...

Opinions wanted: Twitte...

A while back I found a Facebook app that automatically updates my Facebook status with the text from every tweet I send to Twitter. I have seen both positive and negative comments about this practice, but I’m curious how you feel about it. But, before you answer, let me give you...