I’m only “half-a-geek” since I live for user-friendly idiot-proof technology (I'm one of those "I hate manuals, can't you just show me over my shoulder" kinda gals). The She’s Geeky 'Unconference' not only reinforced this is okay, but in fact, preferred. They touted a ‘simple is better’ mantra, reminding us ALL that usability is the … [Read more...]
Lots of ‘purple tornados’ of energy swirling around the media environs at the eclectic She’s Geeky “unconference”...as 'firestarters, rainmakers, and project wranglers' shared their expertise. Heather, 'benevolent commander' of The Purple Tornado (and supplier of yummy evil food noted at left) helped organizers Kaliya Hamlin of Planetwork.net … [Read more...]
“Blogs, tweets, and apps for good causes, oh my!” In a twist on the ol’ "lions and tigers and bears" yellowbrick road adage, it’s amazing to see how some mother cubs are reaching out to help children reach the Emerald City of education far across the hemisphere, forever altering their life course in under 24 hours! In under a day, using Twitter journalism, Facebook, and the … [Read more...]
Update Oct. 25, 2015 Hard to believe I wrote this 8 years ago trying to give "parenting tips to combat the sexualization cues to kids in our culture"' considering society has now dialed down the demographic of sexualization from middleschoolers to wee ones in K-5, in spite of fresh studies on the damage of internalized sexualization and public health harm. Sheesh. The good … [Read more...]
Clearly professor Michael Wesch of Kansas State University is no ‘one hit wonder’ in the web celeb arena of impactful student media and YouTube hits. The Wired Magazine Rave Awards already honored him once as "the explainer" for his fabulous Web 2.0 video which many teens used to enlighten parents everywhere. (I wrote about his 3 million hit sensation, … [Read more...]
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