A couple of years ago I started reading blogs. I’d been writing a blog for a while already, and there were a few blogs I read regularly, but I’d mostly been focused on keeping my own blog going. There are people who warn you about how fake the internet and social media are and it’s …
Mistakes. I make them all the time. In the parenting area especially. Example 1: My 7 year old daughter has to do a timed addition test every night. She usually gets to the end of the page with plenty of time left. The other night, for some reason she had four problems left when the …
You know technology has taken over your life when you have to hide from it. So, I’m trying to lose weight . . . again. Which means I’ve been getting up before work (translate: 4:30 am) to exercise. My alarm clock is set at 4:30, anyway. Then I’ve set my cell phone to 4:35 just …
So I joined Twitter a month ago. And I’m already Twitter-tired. I tried to do it right. I followed Nina Badzin’s Twitter tips. I put people on lists. I followed other writers and ELL educators. I used good Twitter manners. I didn’t tweet twenty times an hour. Still, I have yet to feel like Twitter …
Yes, I finally got a smart phone. Steven and I are Apple people, so we got iPhones (also, the 3G iPhones were on sale). While I am falling in love with my new toy, my love/hate relationship with technology keeps playing tug-of-war with my mind. While I love the instant gratification of a smart phone, …
