I don’t need an Apple Watch Ultra, but I tried one on at the store today and I have to say, I like the way it looks on my wrist. Still not going to spend the money, but it looks sharp.

🏀 If you are a basketball fan, college women’s basketball is incredibly fun to watch. Lots of elite teams all across the country — South Carolina, Stanford, LSU, UConn — constantly challenging and pushing each other.

🏀The #1 ranked South Carolina Women’s Basketball team came from behind to beat #2 Stanford in OT today. Such an impressive win on the road. Coach Staley has built an amazing program and they are so much fun to watch.

The balance between broadcast and engagement

Content is more important than commentary.

When the internet was becoming popular, I remember being told that traditional media was just broadcasting. The internet promised more than just broadcasting, it offered “engagement.”

Don’t let people fool you. Engagement happened before the internet. People read the newspaper and talked about stories with their family and friends. They watched the evening news and discussed it at the water cooler at work the next day. They wrote letters to the editor to express their agreement or disapproval. They called radio shows to ask questions. They bought classified ads to share a job listing or sell a car. People engaged with media before the internet.

Instead, what the internet offered was an instant, two-way feedback loop between publisher and audience. Comments on blogs and news sites led the way. Then, social media provided the ultimate in real time engagement with metrics that let you track everything.

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Watching the highlights from last night’s Tennessee v. South Carolina game and I can’t believe that South Carolina scored 63 points. 🏈

Taking the rest of the day off to try and reset my work/life/Ph.D. balance. Always hard to balance everything at the end of a semester.

Six hours after the presale began, I was able to successfully to purchase Taylor Swift tickets.