Digital Age
Bitterness Loves Company on the Internet
The reviews are in. I wrote a story in this month’s Philadelphia magazine. Perhaps you saw it. It was a profile of a woman named […]
Do You Think Your Therapist Gossips About You?
Gawker has a new column featuring a Q&A with an anonymous therapist. In the first installment, the therapist is asked several questions that most of […]
A Dude’s Guide to Pinterest
So when I first heard someone talking about this new social network Pinterest, I thought it was, y’know, maybe a Foursquare for avid bowlers. Or […]
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Bunch of Women Scorned: Just Ask Susan G. Komen and SJU
I’ve never seen the women in my office more outraged than they were by the news last Tuesday that pink-ifying breast-cancer juggernaut Susan G. Komen […]
Google vs. Apple vs. Amazon: Where Should You Store Your Music?
One of the occupational hazards of spending most of one’s twenties listening to and writing about music (oh, and having most of one’s twenties fall […]
AT&T’s Shutdown of iPhone’s Unlimited Data Has a Bright Side
Perhaps you’ve heard tell of a missive that comes from AT&T in the deep of night, delivered by elves, that wakes you from your sugarplum […]
How Many More People Can Irresponsible Journalists Kill on Twitter?
Like J. Alfred Prufrock in a social-media world, I have heard the mermaids tweeting, but I do not think they will tweet to me.
Your Grandchildren Might Hate Facebook and Twitter
Last week, I took my closest friend Amy out to dinner for her birthday. As we settled into a table at a lovely Italian restaurant, […]
How Twitter Accidentally Killed JoePa Too Soon
Joe Paterno has died. If you were on the Internet, you were probably pretty angry about it for one reason or another. On Saturday, Penn […]
Instagram Turns Your Life From Dull to Dashing
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, in which case you don’t get a reliable WiFi connection, you’ve probably heard of Instagram. It’s one of […]
College Students Cope Without Wikipedia
My freshman students at Drexel, charged with analyzing a sustainability campaign, were sharing their proposed topics in class this past Tuesday. We worked our way […]
Wikipedia Goes Dark to Protest SOPA
It must have been 1995, because I remember getting sick of Michael Jordan real quick after his return to the Chicago Bulls. We had just […]
The Internet Takes a Day Off in Protest
The Internet is Blacked Out. Craigslist, Wikipedia, Reddit, and even the Google logo are blacked out today to raise awareness of the SOPA bill that […]
Urban Dictionary Is Ruining the English Language
We were sitting around at my in-laws’ house last night, celebrating my mother-in-law’s birthday (I’ll refrain from giving a number) by watching the Giants clobber […]
The Steve Jobs Bio Will Not Save the World
Our national obsession with Steve Jobs officially jumped the shark when that noted captain of industry, Kanye West, unleashed another Twitter barrage this month. Character […]