Love in the time of social media
We have more freedom to go into whatever sort of relationship with whomever we want. As a result, we spend more time defining and analyzing the various aspects and ramifications of romantic and sexual relationships than any other generation in history.
Online Is Real Life, Too
“The average young person today spends nearly nine hours each day with their technology,” opens a Frontline segment of “Digital Nation,” a report exploring the impact of growing up plugged in. But, is this time spent online really taking away from our “real life?” or is it one and the same.
There is a great deal [...]
Social Media Is Not So Social
Here is a joke for you:
A man and his wife are sitting in front of a computer, writing an e-mail: “Dear Andy: How have you been? Your mother and I are fine. We miss you. Please sign off your computer and come downstairs for something to eat. Love, Dad”
Funny? Yes. Sad? Even more so, mostly [...]
Dear Parents: Go Ahead, Enable.
We’ve learned a lot from you over the course of our lives. It’s true. We’ll be the first ones to admit it. But here’s the thing. Your lessons are most effective when we can see them in action.
How you work with a car salesman to get what you want. A little kid who pretends to [...]
“You’re Doing It Wrong”
My generation – the next great generation – was raised to believe that whatever we set out mind to accomplish, we could achieve. We were raised to believe that we could fly to Mars, or that we could cure cancer. Furthermore, we were encouraged to find our own path while walking towards our dreams. We [...]
15 Ways Millennials Think About Brands
For our entire lives brands have been everywhere and everything. The device of branding has become so pervasive in our lives that we now filter most things through that framework–for example, twenty years ago the idea of a “personal brand,” even for someone like Donald Trump, would have seemed strange, but now we have “personal-branding [...]
Breaking Up With My BlackBerry
In June of 2007, I fell in love.
His name was the BlackBerry. He and I were together for a fantastic two years, but a few months ago, I found myself admiring another suitor…the ever-alluring iPhone.
The BlackBerry and I called it quits, and since that day, the iPhone has been my new mobile companion. Sadly, I’ve [...]
