Seventeen years ago, I was a teenager carrying a sign over my head that said We Will Not Go Back at an event for the National Organization of Women. I was marching with my parents, my sister, my aunt, with hundreds of others here in Los Angeles, in what I …
I was beyond thrilled when I read Pinterest’s latest blog post this morning. Photographs with attribution directly back to the source. “Attribution appears below the pin’s description and provides a permanent link to the work, its author, and where they host their content. Because attribution cannot be edited, photographers can …
I don’t always read Terms of Service, but in the last few years as social media has blown up, I went from click, agree to skim, click, agree to click, read, and maybe I just might not be agreeing after all. (Or agree.) Today, people have been on Facebook, twitter …
I’m a bit confused when I hear about readers disappointed or unhappy that a blogger has written a sponsored post. Amongst many great writers I know online, you’d never know a post was sponsored if not for the fact they disclosed it. Why this bothers readers, I can’t be sure. …
The mardi gras beads look like pearls, no? It’s a fancy 5K.
Be the change you wish to see. (I grew up hearing that a lot.) Get involved in what you believe in. (And hearing that.) Make your voice heard. (That, too.) But my family didn’t just talk the talk, the walked it, too. Sometimes literally, like just last weekend for the …
I don’t believe there is a reason for everything. There are events, things that can’t be made sense of, that simply defy reason. I don’t believe in reasons for some things. But signs. I believe in signs. Good ones. Like hummingbirds. And Friday the 13ths. And red balloons. I believe …
I’m editing photos from the Autism Speaks 5K today in Pasadena. Great day with family and friends – but really, LA, 85+ temps in April? Slow down summer…what’s the rush? xo a.
I began writing about social media netiquette and ethics for blog readers and writers, but the more I saw kids (elementary through high school) using apps on their smartphones and iPads, and online on sites that I use, I realized that the conversation needed to expand. Like, yesterday. Curious, I …