Category: Digital Dilemma

Everything has Meaning

The other week an acquaintance sent me a link to a YouTube video about a woman living in 90 sq. ft. in Manhattan.  Wow!  I clicked on some of the related links and spent almost two hours watching short clips…

Digital Emphasis & Weighting

One thing I’ve grown to dislike about social media is the way in which it alters our perception of what makes something important.  When we are offered only a few bits of information, for example on somebody’s online profile, it…

Evite vs. Invite

Recently I was helping a friend put together her first evite (aka electronic event invitation).  While setting everything up I couldn’t help but remark on the awesome things evites offer that can’t be replicated with their physical counterparts.  Here are some of…

Digital Distortion

Some weeks ago on the subway 3 tween-aged girls sat next to me.  One girl was beside me.  One girl was sitting on the third girl’s lap in two seats perpendicular to the ones I was in only because she had…

Internet of Things, part II

Recently I went shopping for appliances. I was overwhelmed with all the options, but space restrictions allowed me to quickly narrow down the list.  I was amazed at the number of “smart” appliances on display, all part of the Internet of Things.  For…