(My ROW80 Check-in is at the bottom of this post.) Once a young man—a contemporary of mine and aspiring screenwriter who had moved to Southern California for the purpose of … Continue reading ROW80 Sunday Check-In: Stepping Back for a Wider View
Last summer, after debating it for months, I deleted my personal profile on Facebook (when I typed that word the first time, I ended up with a typo that read, … Continue reading The Belly of the Beast, or Why I’m Back on Facebook
This was going to be a really awesome post I’ve been planning since Sunday. But when I sat down to write it tonight, I couldn’t figure out what my point … Continue reading [Insert Awesome Post Here]
Here’s the deal: I watched The Social Network the other night. I realize that it’s a fictional portrayal of Zuckerberg and the real life of this real person was Hollywoodized … Continue reading The Social Dilemma
On Friday, I celebrated Earth Day by going screen-free for 24 hours. I did a Facebook Fast for the month of November and quite enjoyed it. The Earth Day screen … Continue reading To Tweet or Not to Tweet
My friend sent me a link to an article from 2002 entitled, “On the Internet, No One Knows I’m an Introvert”: Extroversion, Neuroticism, and Internet Interaction (Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Galit Wainapel, … Continue reading Introversion and the Virtual Community
Imperfect Happiness 