So this is now how we do things in America… A lunatic goes into a school and kills fourteen students and three adults. The country is horrified. And rightfully so. A group of young articulate students from this tragedy emerge to protest the gun situation in this country and get backing from mostly undisclosed sources … Continue reading It’s About the Outrage Game
Author: Jonathan Trenn
My take on AR/VR for 2018. I need to know this because my startup depends on it.
On Facebook, Shel Israel, one of the leading thinkers on how digital affects the way we live, work, and play put forward the following question regarding what 2018 holds for augmented reality: What is your assessment of how AR changed in 2017? What is your prediction for AR and business in 2018? I thought about this … Continue reading My take on AR/VR for 2018. I need to know this because my startup depends on it.
Check Your Hatred at the Door
The statement itself wasn’t necessarily a big deal, but a couple of days ago I logged out of Facebook on my laptop and shut off the app on my phone. The reason: politics in this country has become a hate fest and not only on my newsfeed, but also on the comments on the posts … Continue reading Check Your Hatred at the Door
CNN poll means trouble for HRC
Disclosure: I can't stand either candidate. This ain't an endorsement. Prediction: Unless Trump has a major screw up of historic proportions, he will be the next president of the United States. He's got a lousy campaign apparatus - which is another thing that could do him in - but it also seems he has unshakable … Continue reading CNN poll means trouble for HRC
Innocence betrayed and the price children pay for our failure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0tluet_HUs Has humanity lost its collective soul? Did we ever have one to begin with? I posted the story of this little boy on Facebook last night. His name is Omran Daqneesh. He's five years old. His home in Aleppo, Syria was bombed - presumably by the Assad regime. Seeing his reaction completely got to me. … Continue reading Innocence betrayed and the price children pay for our failure
Ezra Klein gets it right on Trump.
I normally think Ezra Klein can be another left-leaning intellectual elitist, but he pretty much nails Donald Trump with this article. Trump is an asshole, an egomaniac, a bully. He's not interested in policy or solving problems. And too many American can't see that.
Book Review – Poking Lions
So I went and picked up this book. Poking Lions. Written by Keith Quincy. It ended up being a suspense thriller that challenged my own sense of empathy while partially enraging me as to how we let certain lives go the way they do. The book continuously sucks you in, with you not knowing what … Continue reading Book Review – Poking Lions
54
So today I turn 54. That can't be. 54 has always been decades away. Now, 53 is in the rearview mirror. A day like this makes me think of my father and mother. And my own childhood. Where I've come from and where I'm going. While I'm no where near where I want to be … Continue reading 54
Digitally Deleted in DC
I didn't start Thoughts From Vinton Ave to write about my social life. This is more of a space where I can relate personal insights. But when those two things intersect, a blog post happens. Perhaps it's best that I point out two things about myself for people who don't know me. One is that … Continue reading Digitally Deleted in DC
American Sniper. And what it was about.
OK. So I saw American Sniper. Not that anyone cares, but here’s my take. Given it’s context and for what it is supposed to be, it was an excellent film. And here’s the context: it was a biopic of top notch American sniper who did his job bravely and efficiently. It shows the challenges he … Continue reading American Sniper. And what it was about.
Thoughts From Vinton Ave 