The Jig Is Up: Time to Get Past Facebook and Invent a New Future - Alexis Madrigal - Technology
After five years pursuing the social-local-mobile dream, we need a fresh paradigm for technology startups. Finnish teenagers performing digital ennui in 1996 2006. Reuters. We're there. The future that visionaries imagined in the late 1990s of phones in our pockets and high-speed Internet in the air: Well, we're living in it.
Don't Blame Social Media if Your Teen Is Unsocial. It's Your Fault
Ben Wiseman Are teenagers losing their social skills? Parents and pundits seem to think so.
» How to Live Well
‘Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.’ ~Seneca Post written by Leo Babauta. I’m not a rich man, nor do I fly around the world and drink champagne with famous people in exotic locales, nor do I own a sports car or SUV or a yacht.
Kari Henley: Are Facebook Friends "Real" Friends?
Well, I have to say one thing - HuffPost readers rock! This is one spirited group and thanks to everyone who joined in on the lively debate about "Facebook and Kids" last week. Clearly there is a lot of energy, pent up emotion, generational gaps and strong opinions regarding the "tipping point" of Facebook and other social networking sites. I stumbled into a much bigger lion's den than I imagined! Today I'd like to explore why social networking in general has touched a collective nerve. Do sites like Facebook stand as viable communities, and are the people on your home page "real friends?"
Why Groupon is poised for collapse
Groupon was forced to restate fourth quarter earnings, sending its stock down 6% in after-hours trading. This surprised me as much as my $2 investment in the Mega Millions jackpot not paying off. The reasons for Groupon’s restatement were higher refund reserves and weakness in internal controls. These are issues I’ve repeatedly discussed. I raised them directly with Groupon PR in September (back when they still would speak to me) and I was assured that refunds weren’t an issue for Groupon.
How to Use Social Media as a Learning Tool
Social media is an ingrained part of today’s society. Our students are constantly on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and likely many sites we’re not hip enough to know about, and by reading this blog, you’re interacting with social media at this very moment. If you want to bring the “real world” into the classroom, consider integrating social media into your lessons. No Longer a Distraction Image via Flickr by Sean MacEntee
Finding Inspiration: Part 1
As artists, being creative and finding inspiration in everyday life is our job. But just like a stubborn puppy, creativity isn’t something that we can always control. Some days it is easier to find that “spark” and create or improve a piece, and other days we bang our heads against the wall to get just one sentence out. Thankfully, there are some ways to help your brain get into a creative mode on command, or at least a little more often. We’ll start with the simplest.
How We Know by Freeman Dyson
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick Pantheon, 526 pp., $29.95
