Morristown NJ native writes for “Wild River Review” an international non-profit website

scottfarbman — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:39:32 +0000

I started the practice of personally greeting new twitter followers. I did this because I am offended by the robot auto-replies that I get when I follow someone. I figured I would send someone a “Hello, Thanks for Following, I’m not a robot.” message.

My first ~~victim~~ test-case was a man from Morristown, NJ. I sent a DM to him that included my email address. I put one of my kids to bed and started working on something else. To my surprise, I received an email from him. How awesome is that? He informed me that he is a contributing editor to a non-profit website.

This I have to see. I hop on over to www.WildRiverReview.com. The website’s tag-line is “Connecting People, Places, and Ideas: Story by Story”. Very nice idea. I have been looking for something to read that would not involve Tiger Woods or other current celebrity train wrecks.

My next stop was the Donate page. “As communication through the tremendous capacity of the web paves the way for news coverage from every angle, Wild River Review tells stories that shed light on dark corners of the globe, helping readers understand complicated issues often through the power of first hand stories and interviews.” Wow, that is quite a statement. Browsing through the articles and columns from this month’s issues, I see that they were not joking.

The WRR is not a quick read. You have to carve out some time in your day to read it. Commuters on mass transit will love this material. I am saving the interview with the daughter of Orson Welles for my next visit to the coffee shop.

Thank you Warren for introducing me to this treasure chest of intellectually stimulating material. I feel smarter just having it bookmarked.

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Morristown NJ native writes for “Wild River Review” an international non-profit website