April 08, 2012 |
Keep Your Likes Private on Facebook
Facebook exposes the pages you Like to your Facebook friends. Here’s how to turn that off and keep your Likes private!
Digital Living
March 12, 2012 |
“The education system is broken,” Maffin tells teachers
Is the school system working?
No, according to Tod Maffin of Vancouver, a leading communications expert, and keynote speaker at the Mighty Peace Teachers’ Convention last Thursday.
Although Maffin said he doesn’t have an intimate knowledge of school systems, he spoke as an employer, and said the current system is killing the future of education.
He compares it to the Rock Tumbler educational toy. The toy creates polished, rounded rocks from jagged stones. He believes through this process, the rocks lose their uniqueness.
He said the school system in its current form doesn’t cater to independent learning.
January 23, 2012 |
Why I’ve Stopped Searching the Internet with Google
I’ve stopped using Google for web searches. And if you care about your privacy, you should too.
December 17, 2011 |
How to Crowdsource Your Next Social Media Avatar
Trying to decide which headshot photo of you to use on your Facebook or Twitter page? This clever trick can help you crowd-source a decision.
December 14, 2011 |
A Requiem for the Social Past
Sometimes, I don’t want to be reminded of the past. Social networks don’t help.
This “bubbling up” of the past seems to be happening more often these days, and we have sites like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter to blame. Conversations are meant to end at some point. But social sites want to keep a “conversation” going, long after it should have stopped.
