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Star Trek for kids
Dec 9, 2010 | Family, Tech advice
Many parents focus on preparing their children for a digital future by working on their basic math skills, helping them use a computer, or even teaching them the basics of programming. These parents are fools! If there is one thing I have learned from working with...
How your Facebook presence can inspire your friends and family
Dec 8, 2010 | Classics
Over at The Hookup Column, Anna Lind Thomas concludes her list of Dos & Don'ts for Facebook status lines with the following: DO inspire, uplift, support and spread love. Anna's suggestion is a refreshing departure from the all-too-common focus on social media as...
The suffering of technology users
Dec 7, 2010 | Self
I love this paragraph because I think it distills and represents the pain and suffering so many people now feel around the role of technology in their lives: I like technology just as much as the next person, but sometimes I find myself feeling overwhelmed with it...
“Since I started blogging…”
Dec 6, 2010 | Self
I overhear more and more conversations about how people cope with their lives online. We talk about our day-to-day strategies for coping with e-mail overload. We gossip about our friends' Facebook profiles and worry about whether we should be joining the latest social...
Can documentation save the world?
Dec 3, 2010 | Community
Yesterday I wrapped up my 2010 Home Media Overhaul and Documentation Festival with a blog post on why to watch TV. But I left another unanswered question on the table: why document your TV setup? Documentation is somewhere between a neurosis and a calling for me. As...
Why on earth would you want to watch TV?
Dec 2, 2010 | Classics
How to automatically organize your Mac’s bittorrents with Plex, Transmission, Automatic and Hazel
Dec 1, 2010 | Toolbox, Lifestyle
Ingredients for a Mac home media center (or two)
Nov 30, 2010 | Toolbox, Lifestyle
Welcome to the 2010 Home Media Center Overhaul and Documentation Festival
Nov 29, 2010 | Toolbox, Lifestyle
How Social Media Can Sustain Your Friendships (from Oprah.com)
Nov 26, 2010 | Relationships, Oprah.com, Top Relationship Posts
This blog post originally appeared on Oprah.com. "I'm writing because I'm an old friend of Angel J.," the e-mail said. "I see from your site that you know her; can you put us in touch?" It wasn't the first time we'd served as a point of reintroduction. Our wedding...