Let me get this straight. Media watchdogs deem the new Harry Potter film inappropriate for children, yet it’s being marketed to them heavily. Mainstream media mavens and reviewers debate the brooding adolescent depictions of an angry, angst-ridden Harry, deciding it’s gritty teen fare, on the cusp of its PG-13 rating. Gotcha. Meanwhile dark acts in the REAL world … [Read more...]
Which weekend’s best for a slumber party? Who's carpooling to the game? What's your summer camp schedule? We all know how tedious it can be synchronizing different people's agendas to find a date that suits everybody. Doodle is a cool polling tool that's free, fast, and ‘idiot proof’ for people like me who can’t spare even a second to learn a new … [Read more...]
The birth of our Age of Conversation eBook coincides with the birth of my daughter, July 16th…wow, go figure, quite appropo! Happy ‘birth’day to all my co-authors, who generously participated in this global social media experiment to benefit Variety, The Children’s Charity! Next Monday, our eBook goes live, hot off the press, courtesy of creators Drew … [Read more...]
The countdown has begun, to "rock for our rock" tomorrow online via MSN Live Earth. One peek at Live Earth/Twitter and you’ll see youth ramping up for the global 7/7/07 music fest with eco-tips for sustainability in short blips from people around the planet answering, “What are YOU doing to solve the Climate Crisis?” Social media messaging platform Twitter … [Read more...]
Remember when games were played rather than viewed; outdoors instead of in? Every year our funky little neighborhood celebrates 4th of July with old-fashioned kids’ lawn games like three-legged races, sack hoppin,’ horseshoes, a water balloon toss and Star Spangled banner salute, run by (you guessed it) yours truly. From this kids' 4th of July book list from … [Read more...]
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