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Introducing App Girl
Oct 31, 2010 | Family
This is a cautionary tale about the dangers of introducing children to technology. Four weeks ago, it was time for the annual ritual of Hallowe'en costume selection. Most years, I have the energy to make one costume, which means that one kid get storebought and one...
Vancouver Sun list of 100 influential women in BC shows influence beyond Twitter
Oct 30, 2010 | Community
I woke up this morning to the delightful discovery that the Vancouver Sun included me in their list of BC's top 100 influential women. With company like Alison Lawton, Cindy Lee, Susan Yurkovich, Annabel Lyon, Sarah McLachlan, Meeru Dhalwala, Cornelia Oberlander, and...
Social media for journalists: 10 essential tools
Oct 29, 2010 | Zone, Productivity, Career, Current
Social media for journalists: 9 feeds for your iGoogle dashboard
Oct 28, 2010 | Productivity, Career
Back When Social Media Was Human…
Oct 27, 2010 | Community
Lisa Barone made my day with an extraordinary blog post, Back When Social Media Was Human… She jumped off from the piece I post this week on the Harvard Business Review site, on The Devolving Meaning of Social Media, and pointed to one particular quote that she...
LinkedIn for journalists: 5 reasons to shoot for 500+ connections
Oct 27, 2010 | Productivity, Career
Social media for journalists: 10 ways to use Evernote
Oct 26, 2010 | Productivity, Career, Top Career Posts
A social media resource for moms (and dads)
Oct 25, 2010 | Family
Nicole Cottrell has undertaken a three-part blog series, 15 ways moms can use social media. Judging from the first part, which went online today, it's going to have lots of great ideas. Here are a couple of my favorite parts: Try using your personal Twitter, Facebook,...
A new social media platform for gay rights reminds us what’s possible with social media
Oct 22, 2010 | Community
A "developer wanted" posting on Drupal.org pointed me towards a new start-up that plans to use the power of social networking to advance LGBT rights. Here's the more descriptive pitch on the FriendFactor website: Once we launch, people who are LGBT can set up profiles...
Talking about grown-up love online
Oct 21, 2010 | Relationships
One of the great miracles of my life is the affection between our two kids. As an only child myself, I always feared the prospective challenge of playing referee among multiple offspring. From what I could see of multi-child families, parenting siblings looked not...