Expedient MEANS

Notes on Film, Art, Writing, Technology and other things by Steve A Furman

  • Burn After Reading – Film Review

    I have to admit when I first saw the trailer for Burn After Reading, the latest offering from the Coen brothers, I was afraid. It looked like it might be another Intolerable Cruelty. I was still reeling from No Country for Old Men and was hoping for a similar outing. No Country was at the Read more

  • Rethinking Social Media in an Economic Downturn

    It doesn’t seem like that long ago we were in the midst of the dot com bust. Remember shredding the brokerage statements without even opening them? Remember going through all those organizational exercises at work and being asked to do more with less? We got really good at it as I recall, and it appears Read more

  • Managing Your Career with Social Media

    There are many reasons people use social media. Some use it as a forum for stating opinions, others to keep in touch or getting back in touch. Still some for no other reason than it’s interesting and fun. Most of us connect on Linkedin, to keep our eye out for a new journey or just Read more

  • Paul Newman – Icon of the Screen is Dead at 83

    My earliest memory of Paul Newman was in 1967 when my family was on our annual summer vacation at my Uncle’s lake house in Michigan. It was a small city that had only one movie theater. They were screening Cool Hand Luke that July, and I remember it well, “What we have here is a Read more

  • The One Constant

    I grew up loving baseball, and save the few years when the game checked out (strikes, ignoring the fans, greed, etc…) I still do. I’ve written about my passion for the game and in particular about the hallowed ground on which it is played. The stadiums keep coming down and yesterday one of the most Read more

  • Fall Semester is in Session – What’s Your Twitter Grade?

    If you Twitter and you’re serious about it you will want to know your grade. Mine is 25 out of a possible 100, so I’ve got some work to do. The Twitter king right now is Barack Obama. I rank way down on the list, but aspire to move up. My grade this morning was Read more