Part two of Kate Kotler's column on why teens should receive social education about how to respectfully and appropriately behave online...
I know that when I was a teenager that’s how I felt. The difference
between my generation - which is not so largely removed from the
generation of teens I serve as Community Manager of Meez.com - is that
when I was feeling bi...
BITCH:TECH
24 Oct 2008 12:00 GMT
Part one of Kate Kotler's column on why teens are in dire need of social education on what is respectful and appropriate behavior on the Internet...
Let’s face it: everyone loves a good flamewar. It’s endemic of the Internet culture - even the most sane, rational and level headed person loves to jump into the fray every once in a while and muck around down in the mud with the innerweb trolls. Level of snark, sharpness and ability to type pithy comebacks are highl...
BITCH:TECH
23 Oct 2008 18:30 GMT
Following in the great tradition of Housing Maps, a Craigslist housing mashup that lets you search for apartments efficiently, comes another Google Maps and Craigslist mashup: he cleverly titled HookUpMaps.
You can search for the closest slutty people posting for sex in a number of limited cities (San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York are among them. San Diego, Maryland and Virginia are also included.) Hookups are all about...
BITCH:TECH
23 Oct 2008 13:30 GMT
There I was. Standing in line outside some technology industry shin-dig. And it happened.
The guy was looking right at me. I knew I knew him. And by the look on his face I knew that he knew me. But for the life of me I just couldn’t remember his name.
Until recently I’d have to say that this scenario was a truly rare one in my life. “Until recently” being the operative words in that sentence. It would seem that lately it’s all too familiar. I’m not sure whether to chalk it up ...
BITCH:TECH
22 Oct 2008 16:00 GMT
For once, the government has done something that I'm actually really excited about! According to The Metro, a new bill was passed yesterday that will give disadvantaged free home computers and internet broadband access. There will be 20,000 children initially chosen to participate in the program's trial period, and the grant will pay for the internet access for a year, a computer, software, and IT support for three years.
BITCH:TECH
22 Oct 2008 08:18 GMT
Kriss Bliss, who was ignorant to all things gamer until falling in love with one, discusses what happens when the geek-challenged shacks up with the ultimate gamer.
Kriss Bliss here with another installment of The Gamer Girlfriend. This one pays homage to the infinite wonders of gamer slang. The nuances of language and communication are hallmarks of any great culture, and over the years the gaming community has popularized its own set of typist-friendly abbreviations and slan...
BITCH:LIFE
21 Oct 2008 17:30 GMT
Recently, I broke up with someone over e-mail. They didn't respond to the message and I was left wondering what to think. I told a friend about this, and she responded: "Check Facebook. Has he deleted you yet?".
He hadn't, but a week later, after we had exchanged a few more messages, I decided to focus on work and not open the most recent message he had sent, with its ominous subject line. But, I checked Facebook and lo and behold, I was one less friend. I knew we were done.
BITCH:TECH
21 Oct 2008 16:30 GMT
I meet some fantastic people working in the social and digital ‘space’. But every so often, a project crosses my path that’s so cool - I just have to talk about it.
I’ve been a follower of Postsecret for some years now (got the book, read the t-shirt and all that) – and the desire for similar arts-based community projects never seems to wane. There’s ‘Before I Die I Wa...
BITCH:TECH
20 Oct 2008 12:30 GMT
I think that many women would agree that there are a significant amount of books, guides and websites that are aimed at women in business that are actually pretty crap. They're either patronizing or bland, or too corporate and therefore ignore a major group of women who are either running smaller businesses or are simply self employed as a freelancer.
BITCH:TECH
16 Oct 2008 14:00 GMT
Aimed mostly at students, there are a growing number of options in the realm of mini-laptops, which I prefer to think of as laptots, because that's an adorable word. For example, if you do a search on Amazon for "mini-laptop", you come up with nearly t...
BITCH:TECH
15 Oct 2008 15:30 GMT