A Likely Story

There was an uproar in Wednesday’s class after a few of us raised our hands to the question, “Who doesn’t have a Gmail account?” All oxygen momentarily went out of the room while the majority gasped a collective, “Why not?” I am paying $6.95 per month to keep my earthlink.net email name. I’ve had this […]

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Thank god for Andrew Menendez. He’s the recent Georgetown grad in my APOC class who asks a somewhat cynical question that I too am pondering but would never utter, because, well, if I ask it, it makes me seem like an old fuddy-duddy. “What would happen if all the Elite Yelpers out there demanded to be paid […]

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I was lucky to arrive at Twiistup 2010 for my volunteer shift during a lull in the action behind the check-in table. Feeling rather foolish in a black business suit and lace blouse, I sheepishly took a seat in the Skirball auditorium in the middle of a talk by Lisa Cole (BlogHer) and Bambi Francisco (Vator.tv) about […]

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I was one of 12% of Americans watching the Superbowl with a computer in my lap. I was checking out my godson Ed’s startup called OrangeSlyce.com–a cool concept that puts a local college spin on outsourcing. OrangeSlyce is using an e-Harmony-ish algorithm to match up Arizona college freelancers with small business owners looking for contractors. Last night […]

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Delores stepped onto the launch pad on Help Island. She was stunningly beautiful with a sassy, angular short blonde haircut, high cheekbones and stylish grey pant suit. She turned slowly to the right and surveyed the landscape. On the launch pad were about seven others, four women, three men. Included in the group were Ell […]

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I am constantly interrupting myself. I sign in to the class wiki and I remember that I want to set up the OneNote program so that I can be more responsive in class for the current event prompt. I click over there. In OneNote, I see a snippet of a screen shot I took about […]

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On Christmas eve, being insanely jealous over my daughter’ s iTouch, I had the urge to send Santa a text. (Does Santa do SMS?) Alas, it looks as if I may regain my early adopter status in the family. Santa Steve Jobs is set to deliver next week. Apple’s announcement is just in the nick […]

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Amy Bruckman’s article presents a notion that we need to take the value judgement out of the word “community” and instead focus on how community is a category of associated people who center around a “prototype.”  Bruckman points to research by Rosch in categorization and tells us that a robin is a better example of a […]

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My mother, who passed away 15 years ago, just missed the landmark television event, the O.J. Simpson trial. Clare was a news junkie. She had a passion for getting into people’s business and this extended from her neighbors to celebrities. When I heard the O.J. verdict, I was returning from lunch tuned to a radio […]

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