Parenting today is a bit like watching this video of sweet puppies... Suddenly Sam "the ugliest dog in the world" pops up in your face and shocks the shorts off of ya! Just when you’re comfy and complacent, whammo, a zinger comes your way from a brand that startles and surprises. Example? My tween is locked into a full tilt music fixation with the Plain White … [Read more...]
I’ve been trying to stay low key about being selected as one of the U.S. representatives for the Women Leaders for the World program, but after spending the last few days with my fellow GWLN delegates, (bios here) this is an intense global experience that will no doubt impact every iota of my very being. From Rashmi explaining the agribusiness loss of indigenous foods … [Read more...]
I’m behind the eight ball in more ways than one these days, so when Greg Verdino at Crayon (one of my Age of Conversation colleagues) tagged me for the meme game to get to know his fellow authors (or to make it easy on himself to pick eight bloggers, not sure which, but the idea deserves swiping!) I decided that the ‘8 ball’ analogy, (his photo, the whole … [Read more...]
“Social networks get things done,” says the narrator of this short video primer I found on Kim Klaver’s blog, who happens to be one of my co-contributors in The Age of Conversation. Wow, I’ll say. Today Drew and Gavin’s visionary book, The Age of Conversation comes alive! It's already featured in Social Computing Magazine here, the Ad Age … [Read more...]
Will kids "bite the Apple" or will it prove to be media poison? First Reuters news reported that Apple Inc. plans to launch a cheaper version of the iPhone in the fourth quarter that could be based on the ultra-slim iPod Nano music player, according to a JP Morgan analyst based in Taiwan. NOW, JP Morgan has retracted. Gee, I'll bet analyst Kevin Chang's getting a ruler … [Read more...]
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