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Writing about Motherhood Online
Dec 20, 2011 | Family
[O]n the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog, which liberates you to be a bitch. Not a bitch to others -- ...online mothers' groups are quick to sanction hostility -- but the impatient, imperfect bitch of a mom uses jarred babyfood, disposable diapers and a TV-as...
6 crucial police guidelines for stopping social media vigilantes
Dec 15, 2011 | Top Thought Posts, Community
Yesterday, Vancouver was treated to the first court appearances by alleged participants in the 2011 Stanley Cup Riots. It was a snapshot of one of the most profound and valuable institutions in our society: a system of justice to which we have collectively delegated...
10 geek gifts for this holiday season
Dec 14, 2011 | The Harvard Business Review, Lifestyle
The holiday season sends many of us into the aisles of Best Buy or the Apple Store. We might wander…
How to follow your own principles online
Dec 13, 2011 | Self
Listen carefully to any twinge of discomfort when you’re online. It’s there to help you learn how to follow your own principles online.
Delete your Klout profile and be more than a Klout score
Dec 12, 2011 | Toolbox, Career, The Harvard Business Review, Top Posts of 2011: How to
7 steps to deleting your Klout score, following through on my Harvard Business Review blog post, “The Social Sanity Manifesto”.
Learn to listen online by lurking silently on one social network
Dec 9, 2011 | Self
Today's practice: Practice your listening skills by choosing one social network where you'll pay active attention, but not actually contribute. My friend Jason Mogus likes to say that we teach what we need to learn. I have long taken this as the single best...
Learning about online graffiti from bathroom graffiti
Today's practice: When you find an online comment or contribution that truly annoys you, put it on your desktop or bulletin board. It's your own personal classroom for learning about difference, and practicing tolerance. When companies, organizations or individuals...
Let your team choose project software for your online collaboration
Dec 7, 2011 | Productivity, Career
If you’re a project software or online collaboration geek, you want your team to use your tools. Here’s how to make their tools work for you.
Is online activism effective? 5 ways to ask (and answer) the question
Dec 5, 2011 | Community
Can social media catalyze or support political change? To answer that question, you have to understand who is asking, and what they really want to know. And it's the fundamental question we addressed today in a panel on social media and political activism at Meshwest...
The 6 great tech religions, and how to resist them
Dec 2, 2011 | Community
It's Friday night again: time for good Jews to light their sabbath candles, or in our family's religious tradition, to feel vaguely guilty for not even thinking of it. We lead highly secular lives, not because we're techno-centric geeks, but in spite of it. For all...