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In the past year, WM Media has had the interesting experience of acquiring several forums. Since forums are essentially communities of people, it gave a very interesting look at how people react in a variety of situations. Here are several conclusions drawn from these experiences.
A Story About Integrity, Perception, And Trust
Last year, we’d acquired [...]

“You’re too good for us, sir!” I can remember the pit boss saying to me as he escorted me out of the Flamingo. Well, actually, that’s what other casinos said to me. At the Flamingo, the shift manager said something along the lines of “We reserve the right to refuse your action and [...]

As I went through my day today, I wondered what the thoughts of some of the greatest people of our times are. Since thought creates reality, what thoughts run through the minds of the richest people on the planet?
Luckily, we live in the age of Google and it took me a few minutes to [...]

As I finished my work and came home today, I was greeted by my girlfriend in an unhappy state - her grandfather is very ill and is unable to talk to her. In fact, he is not even expected to live until the break of dawn!
Immediately, I could feel a sense of anxiety and [...]

In my previous article Some Thoughts About People From The Fare Inspection On VTA Lightrails, I’d mentioned some funny things people say when they were checked for their ticket. Today, I had that um… same opportunity to make something up because I didn’t have a ticket!
So you may be wondering why I would [...]

As I sit here on the train typing out an article, three fare inspectors walked onto the train and asked me to show my ticket. It’s about 8 o’clock at night, and there’s only 10 people on the whole train. The train itself is only about 2-3 feet by 30-40 feet, consisting of approximately [...]

In An Eye Experiment Begins, I’d wondered if my eyesight would improve by spending an hour a day reading on my computer with one eye. A friend from opera practice had indicated to me that he had some success with this method, so I was eager to test it out. Unfortunately, I ran into some [...]

In August, WM Media (the company I cofounded) had bought the forum vitalmotion.net as I detailed in seven mistakes in one day. Prior to the sale, the owner of the website had told us he owned the licenses for the forum software, which makes sense since he owns the website. Since these licenses generally [...]

While waiting for my train to arrive today, I thought about American Idol contestants who get criticized by the judges and lash out in return. It made me wonder why people do that. Why do we try to find fault with people who don’t like us? Additionally, some contestants seem to act nice in [...]

I’m happy to annouce that a vbulletin forum has been installed in case any of my readers would like to discuss my posts: http://www.whatithinkabout.com/forum.

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