By starting my days with a deliberate decision to focus on the person in front of me and not a screen, I set a new standard for what deserved my attention. Conferences can get expensive fast. There’s the cost of the conference registration itself, fees for any pre-conference activities, fees if you need to join […]
It doesn’t take decades of study to figure out that having assistants be overwhelmingly “female” in their interactions with users teaches the idea that girls and women, not boys and men, are accommodating, helpful, supportive, and communal. Last week, writing in The New Republic, Jessica Nordell described the many reasons why making practically all digital assistants […]
Technology did not destroy me. It saved me. In mid-July of 2013, I received the text message that saved my life. I was annoyed. It was the middle of the night and the text jarred me from bed. It was from my friend Carrie and her custom text tone was the sound of a barking […]
Like an addict, I’ve spent far too much time prioritizing this devilish multi-purpose gadget over my children and my marriage. Three years ago for Christmas, my husband bought me an iPhone. He says it’s the worst gift he ever gave me because, from the second I laid eyes on it, I became obsessed. I’m constantly checking […]
This originally appeared on Mamamia.com. Republished here with permission. If you aren’t capable of having a human conversation about sex, you should not be having sex. There is a new app called Good2Go. The creators of the app say that it is “a simple sexual consent mobile phone app.” So, basically, Good2Go is a euphemism for […]
A new app allows people to share messages anonymously within their circle of friends—but it can get ugly fast. I’m visiting my best friend in Atlanta and things are just like they were in high school—we gab about friends, what people are doing, whom they are doing, and how they are doing it. It’s a little […]
