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May 31, 2011 marked my final day as the pastor of Mission Bay Community Church and this post will be the last time, for a while, that I'll focus on my...
I grabbed my iPhone, already open to the iNaturalist app, and snapped a picture. GPS tagged it with my latitude and longitude. I tapped the screen, typing "lizard" into the text box and when I hit "sync," the phone uploaded the photo to the website.
Why get stressed about growing, managing, or navigating your career path alone when you can utilize the wisdom of others who want to help you move forward?
Words can't express how horrific it is to have a friend or daughter die at the age of 17. In the case of Emily Longley, who passed away on Saturday, I...
The Old (That's you, Mom) never tire of enumerating the ways in which the internet and cell phones have undermined our relationships and global outlooks. But they fail to recognize technology's boons.
After perusing the photo album "Jordan Turns Two," you will never know the cake wasn't moist, the pizza made everyone gassy and Jordan had to be carried out like a surfboard when the pony peed on his shoes.
Emily Longley, the New Zealand teenager who posted a status update on Facebook concerned about a stalker on May 4, 2011 was found dead 3 days later on...
Social media has become the dot-connector between the young gunners eager to pull the trigger on a career in music and the industry itself.
One moment we were imagining ourselves living the fairy tale like William and Kate, and in the next we were imagining what we would do if we lost everything.
We no longer have our experiences shaped as much by what we watch and listen to on TV. We expect to be a part of the experience and to derive our experience from many-to-many instead of one-to-many.
Gone are the days when stores used to just put out a change jar at the register asking for donations for victims of the latest natural disaster.
A recent international study that asked students to disconnect from technology for 24 hours revealed results and insights that were startling, disturbing, sobering, and just a little bit hopeful.
After 15 years of combating maternal mortality and disability in humanitarian settings at the policy level, it's time to do more than work on policies; we now need to improve the practice.
I wish liberals would get off their high horses and let go of their quaint little idea that there is some sort of conspiracy against the working class. There is no conspiracy. We are getting reamed in a very public way.
Receiving an email from Joe12345@hotmail.com will not identify you as the sender. The recipient won't see your last name, and most certainly won't know or remember the name of your business.
If today, God forbid, were your last day of life, what would be the most meaningful way for you to communicate what is in your heart? Would you Twitter?
The variations are limitless, but the message is always the same: "I am happy/over the moon/sobbing, and all 1,000+ of my Facebook friends may now react accordingly."
With guidance and support -- and with parents to set examples of what they think is appropriate -- kids can learn their place and their responsibility as part of a worldwide online community.
Is this newfound love for all things game-related really the future? The sentiment that games are -- or will be -- as important as our social connections over the next decade is laughable.
Is there a way beyond straight sharing of trivial information? Can Twitter be used to add more meaning into one's life? I think so.