Back To Work

Discussed this week: media dustups, the deleterious career effects of social media, a week or so of Instagram, love of dogs, a podcast appearance, two great services for spotting fake Amazon reviews, some Netflix recommendations, Inspector Gadget, remastering Star Trek, kids and black & white movies, serious mail, inventing The Sabbath, and some freestyle advice. Links for this episode:@hotdogsladies/Political Twitter on TwitterFree Agents #48: Lousy With the Stink of Freedom, with Merlin Mann - Relay FMPodcaster Merlin Mann joins us to discuss his long journey as an independent worker, during which he's pivoted from tech guy to productivity expert to a specializer in cult hits. Fakespot | Analyze and identify fake reviewsWant to analyze the reviews of a product? ReviewMeta.com - Amazon Review CheckerReviewMeta.com analyzes millions of reviewsand helps you decide which ones to trust How merchants use Facebook to flood Amazon with fake reviews - The Washington PostThere, an economy of paid reviews has flou