Should Your Local Bodega Get “Wired”?
Bodega in Brooklyn, via Flickr user Paul Kostro. I wrote a piece for WNYC.org yesterday on a report put out by The Center for Urban Future that I’ve been thinking about. Here’s the gist of what the...
View ArticleHow Technology is Changing the Definition of “Working Mother”
At the beach...note the Wonder Woman baseball cap “Working vacation”, “relocation”, “a change of scenery”—these are the terms that best describe what summer breaks are for parents. Kids are wonderful...
View ArticleEx-NY Times Editor Turns Media Entrepreneur (Part 1: Brooklyn Mama Series)
I’m starting a series of profiles on Brooklyn mommy entrepreneurs. Not only do I want to understand how they get through the day, while building a business and family, I’m testing the waters about...
View ArticlePCMag’s Editor-in-Chief on the Modern Tech Reporter
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, CNET had an extremely impressive set that broadcast live much of the time. CNET journalists took turns mounting the round, white lacquered...
View ArticleThe Age of Entrepreneurship and Self-Help. Barf?
Why is it that whenever I talk about the tech “scene,” the conversation often turns to doing what you love, being your best self, and finding your passion? All this self-reflection and analysis makes...
View ArticleWhy We Love Events: 4 Conference Attendee Personality Types
It can feel like the events, conferences, meetups, and hackathons never end. Recent events I have been invited to include: PSFK, Project Connect, Techcrunch Disrupt, Paid Content, NY Tech Day, NYT...
View ArticleWhat Leadership Really Means: Teens + Tech
Campers were allowed to bring smartphones, tablets and other technology to Longacre Camp for the first time in the summer of 2013. (Jennifer Hsu/WNYC) Will a bold experiment in Pennsylvania create...
View Article5 Steps to a Digital Detox, New Tech City-style
Feeling taxed by 2014 already? Promised yourself you’d stop being a slave to your phone? Maybe it’s time for a digital detox. Watch the 1-minute video… 5 steps to getting closer to digital inner...
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