Category Archives: Science Fiction

A new hope for science fiction on television?

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Kevin A. Barnes

Those of you who know me are probably aware of how I frequently rant about SyFy (previously known as the SciFi Channel). This once promising science fiction cable network has devolved over the last several years into a dumping ground … Read the rest of this entry →

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Five people I’d like to meet

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Kevin A. Barnes

This week BizTimes.com ran an article about the “10 People who are Changing Milwaukee” and it started me thinking about the various people I’d like to meet. Before creating my list, I set a few basic ground rules: Unlike the BizTimes … Read the rest of this entry →

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Where’s my new body?

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Kevin A. Barnes

Many people with chronic illness seem over time to develop a love/hate relationship with their body. They understand the tiniest nuances of how it reacts to specific medications, to different foods, to various environmental factors. But ultimately if you suffer from an incurable, physically compromising illness, there end up being times when you just want to dump your entire body and start over with a healthy new one. Which of course is impossible.

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Recommitment vs. Being Committed

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

It’s going to be an interesting (and busy) November and December. I recently reviewed a list of all of the non-work projects I currently have underway, with the hope of dropping (or at the very least deferring) some of them. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Marketing your blockbuster product or service

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

New from Kevin on the Creatonomy Blog: The Hollywood studios have become masters of successful marketing. Even in a bad economic environment, they create extensive campaigns that reach prospective customers in almost every facet of their lives. (And most importantly, … Read the rest of this entry →

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