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- Modest Mama - Nurturing in an Overly Effectionate SocietyMarch 16
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Textile modesty is not an unveiled topic for American families. Even before I was a mother, I was wary of celebrity ‘fashion‘ and its effect on the general populace, especially children. I think most parents would agree to the distasteful way some eight-year old girls wear ‘hottie’ across their bottoms or that ten-year-old boys have been seen wearing shirts with the ‘Playboy’ logo, but there seems to be distinct divide among parents on the topic of sensuality and the human body.
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I was not raised with physical modesty, though I practice it carefully as an adult. My parents had
- Rob Me, Pretty PleaseMarch 11
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Please Rob Me is the name of the site, and they literally list all vacant homes via Twitter and FourSquare updates. People actually want you to know that they are not home – a pretty scary thought, especially with the open nature of the social web. This sweet website has undertaken the responsibility of making people more aware of what they are doing. And now they are ready to take it to the next level. PleaseRobMe.com is offering their website to a professional organization that specializes in online privacy awareness, issues, and solutions.
Burglars are now tapping into social media networks to gain wider targets. Mashable shares statistics from a British insurance and investment firm Legal and General who found that 40% of social media network users share their holiday and travel plans online. In addition to that, most people do not regulate or background check their followers, which can also inevitably lead to burglary.
Podcaster Israel Hyam thinks the probable cause of a burglary in his home was because of his own Twitter updates:
- 5 Tips For How NOT To Run A Social Media ContestMarch 8
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We all fall on our faces sometimes. Sometimes it hurts real bad. But it’s those failed experiences that teach us the lessons we need to learn to become better.
Recently I had one of those major FAILs. I helped run a social media contest for a new site called The Trendy Purse where the winner would get a $500 handbag of her choosing. Sounds enticing, right?
Well, the contest totally flopped. I think we got a grand total of 6 submissions. Certainly not the 100 submissions we were aiming for. The good news is that we learned some important lessons fo
- The Selfish Balancing ActMarch 4
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I recently came upon a blog with a substantial amount of video posts, and it made me think - am I the only sucker that actually watched the videos all the way through? I can’t say the video was boring. It flowed, she can actually express herself verbally, and seems to be a funny person. The content was another story. She calls herself ‘Selfish Mom,’ and I must commend her on such honesty, brutal, not all of us are capable of that.
So, how do we determine what is selfish? Do we think twice before we do anything?
I know I don’t. I also know that I need to. The stark realization occurred to me when my b
- Comic Relief - Children's Videos At the Tip of Your FingersMarch 1
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As with radio, and then television, and several social networking sites, youtube.com is just too open-ended for parents not to be concerned when their children use the site. In fact, Youtube recently made a mandate on their site that only viewers over the age of 13 were welcome.
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In the mornings, when my coffee hasn’t yet kicked in, but my son is hungry for breakfast, I often Youtube children’s videos for him to watch in his highchair as I serve him breakfast. At nine month’s old, I’m not concerned that he could chose the SNL 10 year Anniversary version of Aladdin instead of
