Blogging Archives - The Social Chic

Welcome to the Cultural Singularity

28. August 2012

I love to read about technology stuff, being the nerdy/inquisitive person that I am. One of the ideas that has been occupying my thoughts recently has been the concept of the Technological Singularity, as described by titan of the computing world Bill Joy. The idea, simply put, is that technological progress will exponentially increase once […]

The Power of Asynchronous Communication

29. April 2012

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I read a very interesting interview with Elon Musk the other day. Although the article was mainly focused on how he maintains peak efficiency with his busy personal schedule, it was an offhand comment stood out to me: “Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I’m really good at email.” It’s a very strange pair of sentences, […]

Tweet Your Way to Better Writing

11. April 2012

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If you are like me, then I’m sure your life has been forever changed by the glorious sunrise that is Mad Men. It’s awakened a desire in me to dress snappier, order increasingly more complex cocktails, and to write better. In fact, the Social Chic owes it’s existence, at least in part, to the shenanigans […]

Blog Your Way to Better Creativity

1. April 2012

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If you do anything with your life more engaging than watching paint dry, then you’ve probably run up against creative block in the pursuit of a goal. Creative block, no matter what discipline, can be a maddening ordeal. Conjuring the muse is often the difference between work that is merely adequate and work that stands […]

Online Inequality: The Widening Content Gap

27. March 2012

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Normally, I love the brutal honesty and sheer madness of the internet, but there is one thing I’ve noticed that bothers me. There is an increasing disconnect between the people who create and disseminate content, and those who passively consume it. In many ways, the internet functions like a global economy. The only difference is that economies […]