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Excerpt: Things That Scare Me

I’ve been thinking about Things That Scare Me for a while, and when I wrote it, it turned out much longer than a blog post. So here’s an excerpt, including photos of the video shoot in Steve Garfield’s dining room cum video studio. A few weeks ago, I had to film a video greeting that […]

Filed Under: Business, Video, Writing Tagged With: anxiety, Business, career, digital life, mothers, personal history, successful women, Writing

A Journey to ’25 Random Things’

Facebook Random

Three weeks ago, William tagged me in a “25 Random Things About Me” chain letter. I’ve hung around with William a few times, but reading his list feels a lot like a peek at his diary: Here are his hopes, fears, and his profession of love for Twizzlers. I’m tagged again by Tim (“I’m a […]

Filed Under: Business, Media, Pop Culture, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: '25 Things', connectivity, digital life, Facebook, meme, online intimacy, Social Media, social networks, Technology

Wii Are Family

Wii tennis pro

In college, I had a friend named Jane. She was the oldest daughter in a family of tennis players, and they all looked like her: tall and willowy, but strong as thoroughbreds, with defined muscles in their long arms and legs; permanently sunburned noses; and an effortless way of moving that was almost heartbreaking to […]

Filed Under: Children, Family History, Parenting, Pop Culture, Teenagers Tagged With: children's games, digital life, family culture, personal history, sports, Technology, tennis, uncoordinated, Wii

American Idolatry

Last week I signed on for the Comcast triple play, which brought our triumvirate of phone-internet-TV under Comcast’s wing. It also simultaneously catapulted us back to the Land of DVRs (Digital Video Recorders), a place from which we had reluctantly decamped after our last TiVo box died months ago. With DVRs, we’ve learned to start […]

Filed Under: Media, Parenting, Pop Culture, Technology Tagged With: connectivity, digital life, Technology

New Media as Community Theater—All the World’s a Stage

I am a total sucker for community theater, especially musical theater. What I love isn’t so much the corny show tunes or the predictable story lines, but the players’ infectious energy for taking risks. I was reminded of this a few weekends ago when I went to see a local production of Godspell. Because I […]

Filed Under: Business, Pop Culture, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: blogs, Boston, community theater, connectivity, digital life, internet, social networks, Technology

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