Author Archives: Ken Dowell

The Content Quality Quest

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Ken Dowell

If you have been anywhere near the neighborhood of digital publishing in the last couple years you may have heard some discussion about quality content. In fact you might have heard quite a lot about it. It has been posed … Continue reading →

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Growing Up in the 50’s: The Night Two Guys Burned Down

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Ken Dowell

What were the most important events of the 1950’s? Maybe the Korean War, the Soviets launching Sputnik, or the Cuban Revolution. But for me none of those events made much of an impression. I was born on the last day of … Continue reading →

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Three Phases of Online Media — ISOJ 2014

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Ken Dowell

Jim Bankoff, chairman and CEO of Vox Media, described the three phases of online media at his keynote presentation today at the International Symposium on Online Media in Austin. The first phase is porting to the web. This is probably … Continue reading →

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Men and Women of the South (Mostly Men)

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Ken Dowell

One of my favorite authors who is also a personal friend is Joe Samuel Starnes. Sam has published two novels, Calling and Fall Line. What is distinctive about his writing is the depth of the characters he creates. They are, from the … Continue reading →

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Growing Up in the 50’s: Religion

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Ken Dowell

The 50’s are a decade that was all about conformity. And conformity is all about appearances. Nothing symbolized that better that my family’s attitude toward and participation in religion. We were a devout, Christian, church member, believer sort of family. … Continue reading →

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Opening Day Citi Field

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Ken Dowell

 

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Vote for the Ugliest Pirate Giveaway T-Shirt

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Ken Dowell

I attend a fair amount of sporting events. Thus from time to time I am handed a t-shirt as I walk through the turnstile. This year I got two especially ugly ones. Both came from teams that use the name … Continue reading →

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Growing Up in the 50’s: A Decade of DIY

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Ken Dowell

A few years ago I read Shop Class as Soulcraft, by Mathew B. Crawford. The premise of the book is that modern man experiences a level of alienation because he is disconnected from his environment. He doesn’t know how anything … Continue reading →

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How Greed Stunts the Growth of Our Economy

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Ken Dowell

We are all pretty familiar with the causes of the 2008 recession. In a word, it was greed, as evidenced by America’s bankers and brokers. What we saw from Wall Street was a willingness to do what they knew was … Continue reading →

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Growing Up in the 50’s: Tricky Dick on Main Street

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Ken Dowell

It’s 1956. I’m in first grade at Washington Park Elementary School in Totowa, N.J. It must be in the fall, shortly before the presidential election that year, and one day my whole class was lined up and marched in formation … Continue reading →

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