Some new books from authors I love have come out recently, but they’ve yet to be picked up as I continue reading with great fascination, interest and, at moments, concern about what life with screens means. (If Emily Posted this Friday will be about some of the tools I’m using …
“I didn’t come to India for a free curry,” my friend Eden wrote in recent a blog post. Writing between visits to slums where children lived in conditions that threatened their health and their futures, she was there to document what she saw with World Vision Australia. To be a …
I’ve made some good friends in this social media whirl. Ones I wish lived closer so our chats could be in person more than once, maybe twice, a year. I don’t always keep up with all of their blogs as much as I keep up with them in emails and …
Working in social media, you cross paths with people from around the world, and very often those virtual paths don’t go beyond the screens. But sometimes you make friends in real life, too. It’s one of those perks that make up for some of the online headaches and other nonsense. …
At the end of last week I was really not on the best of terms with the internet. Content thievery was popping up a lot of places - big brands taking advantage of bloggers. I’d been reading more about the cognitive effects of the time we spend online, and reevaluating …