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Category Archives: Connected life
Online learning resources
Got kids staying home because school’s closed? Here are some online learning resources, compiled by my friend Jen Albert at The Citadel: COLLECTIONS OF RESOURCES IN GOOGLE DOCS: http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ – List of providers that have made resources and services free … Continue reading
Posted in Connected life, Education
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A suggestion for Facebook
OK–I’ll get off of my Facebook rant after this one, at least until the next time I’m provoked. I have a suggestion that might actually improve things. As Jeron Lanier and others have pointed out, the problem with Facebook is … Continue reading
A social media suggestion
Every “share this” meme you see on Facebook is put there by someone with an agenda. In some cases the agenda is commercial (more clicks = more money). In some cases it’s political. In some cases it’s trolls trying to … Continue reading
Facebook, it appears we must redefine the nature of our association
In this wonderful scene from the movie Tombstone, Doc Holliday, played by Val Kilmer, learns that his tuberculosis is getting worse, and he decides to send his girlfriend away. But first, she denies that there’s a problem and feeds one … Continue reading
Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #69
We’re never going to agree about everything, but we can continue to talk.
Posted in Connected life, Lessons I've Learned the Hard Way
Tagged observations about society
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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #19
Making plans by phone is probably 100x more efficient than doing so by text or email.
Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #16
Big tech companies and social media platforms are not our friends.