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Site Watch: A Kids' Blog Done Right
Typically, when we discuss children on the internet, the tendency is to do so from the perspective of fear. And given the spate of news stories of sexting, suicides, child predators, and security and privacy issues as they relate to children, who can blame us? But my good friend Alex Gil and his partner... »
BriteTab Lets You Add Videos, Photos to Resumes
For jobseekers looking to stand out from the crowd, BriteTab offers the opportunity to create "resumes with personality." What does this mean? Users can set up customizable online resumes with multimedia features such as video clips, links, and photos. Read more on BriteTab Lets You Add Videos, Photos to Resumes… »
On disaster, technology, and community
Yellowman/ Starting all Over Today, like everyone else, I'll be waiting with drooling lips for the Apple tablet/slate announcement. It's the promise of transformational device, the surrounding mystery, and the possibilities that stir my interest. Read more on On disaster, technology, and community… »
On Tech and Hybridity, or, What's a Vook?
Hybridity is a word I’ve heard quite a bit in academe. And as a student of postcolonial (or is it post-colonial?) literatures, I've certainly seen my fair share of theories with which I take some issue. But I'm having a hard time not liking the idea behind the Vook. What the heck is a... »
EVENT: Women in Tech, Nov. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
I am really excited to be moderating tonight's discussion, Women in Technology, at the University of Virginia's Darden School. The event will take place from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Darden’s Abbott Auditorium. The event is open to the public. Social hour begins at 5:30 (that means food and refreshments). Hope to see you there!! Read more... »
Chad and Me and Henry Louis G
Image via Wikipedia Last week, I wrote about security and privacy and posed a few questions to readers. But as I thought about my encounter with “Chad,” I kept replaying the scene in my head; and what I realized is that it mirrored to some degree, a now infamous one: Henry Louis Gates and I... »
Doing it in the Dark: Facebook’s Closet of Shame
Image via Wikipedia I have a confession to make: Late at night, when everyone’s asleep, I feed my baby. I feed her things she shouldn’t be eating. My daughter, Zora, likes Gatorade, pizza (if there isn’t too much cheese) and a strange chocolate concoction called Ants on a Log. What? Isn’t that what babies eat? Read... »
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