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Read my latest stories for The Wall Street Journal, Passcode, The Harvard Business Review, JSTOR Daily and more.

Hey Vancouver: It’s okay to be boring

“Work-life balance”, “relaxed lifestyle”, “not Toronto” — these are the phrases Vancouverites use to describe what makes our city different from other cities. And not coincidentally, they are all ways of saying we’re a city with a slower pace than the vast majority of major North American cities.

How to Find Online Support During Life’s Biggest Milestones

Tech expert Alexandra Samuel helps you find online support when you are going through life’s biggest milestones.

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Using Online Resources to Stay Focused on Your Goals

Tech expert Alexandra Samuel shares six new strategies for using online resources to stay focused on your goals and inspired in your life.

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5 Ways the Web Can Help You Celebrate Dad

Technology expert Alexandra Samuel shares five ways the web can help you celebrate dad this Father’s Day.

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Living Low-Tech – Go Online and Get Crafty

Just because you live a high-tech life doesn’t mean you can’t go low-tech with great results. Alexandra Samuel shares a few places you can go online to get crafty.

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Opinion: Should you care about Pinterest? | Macworld

Like Twitter is a new media newspaper, Pinterest is a new media glossy magazine. “Pinterest is the next step in the evolution of women’s magazines,” said Alexandra Samuel, Director of the Social and Interactive Media Centre at Emily Carr University. Women’s magazines...

Thank Your Mom: She Taught You How To Tech

In this post for The Atlantic, I argue that worrying about kids who choose to live online is as misplaced as worrying about seniors who choose to live offline.

How Social Media Can Help Sustain Your Friendships

Technology expert Alexandra Samuel shares eight ways social media can help you connect and reconnect with your friends and family.

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Using Social Media to Be a Better Leader

Executives should look at specific social media as a personal toolbox for improving their practice of leadership. Alexandra Samuel shares strategies and tools like Pinterest, MindMeister, Basecamp and OneTask that will yield insights into work and leadership. Source:...