A second call for Freakonomics to clean up its act.
On Friday, I blogged about how Freakonomics posted a provocative photo on its blog and that the use was probably not fair use. As I investigated the matter, it became clear that Freakonomics was engaging in widespread image hijacking: namely, directly linking to photos on other websites, a practice… [read full post]
A call for Freakonomics to clean up its act.
Earlier this week, I noticed a photo of cleavage on the Freakonomics blog. And I wondered. Where do these professional blogs get such high quality photos? Surely they are paying for them. Right?
Better Blogs With Photos
Conventional blogger wisdom says that adding photos to your blog
Posted March 15, 2007, in Freakonomics, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/724.html)
The world’s best weblog just keeps getting better.
If you are not reading Freakonomics, then you are missing out on this biggest thing since the invention of the wheel.
Today on Freakonomics, Stephen J. Dubner asked “Who Comments on Blogs and Why?”
I think the following comment from a particularly enlightened Freakonomics reader sums it up perfectly:… [read full post]
Posted February 20, 2007, in Freakonomics, Music by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/694.html)
I like American Idol. So sue me.
A lot of my friends give me grief for watching American Idol (especially those in my band). And for blogging about it. Then again, one of my favorite books is Richard P. Feynman’s What Do You Care What Other People Think?
I did consider alternatives to blogging this season. After reading a… [read full post]
Posted November 07, 2006, in Freakonomics, Marketing, Technology, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/606.html)
Are we really having conversations or just talking amongst ourselves?
My October 2006 “nothing.but.net” column that I wrote for the ABA is a challenge of sorts. I was critical of the ABA’s closed publishing scheme and praised the open blog model. Here’s a chunk of what I wrote:
I miss you, my audience. I miss getting feedback, by email or otherwise. I miss the interaction… [read full post]
Organizations large and small – including the ABA – need to evolve on the ever-changing Internet.
By Erik J. Heels
First published 10/28/2006; Law Practice magazine; American Bar Association
[Note from EJH: This article differs somewhat from the version published online today by the ABA. In particular, the title has been changed. For reasons that I hope are obvious… [read full post]
Posted August 24, 2006, in Freakonomics, Google, Random, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/587.html)
Stephen Colbert demonstrates what we all know, that Wikipedia can be very unreliable. [read full post]
This article explains, in a way that a resume cannot, what life experiences I have had and how these experiences have contributed to the unique perspective that I bring to everything that I do. [read full post]
