So while some of us may be expressing concern as we mull over the whole Google privacy hoo-haa, at the very same time, some things Google is doing are very much in our interest as women, household managers, content creators, and savvy private and public consumers of information. Google appears to be using relationships and networks (of both creators and consumers) in the algorithms that determine the authority of individual chunks of information on the web. And women are the mavens of communication and relationship networks.
Not Quite Success, But NOT Failure
Trying. I’ve been trying… It has been trying. And I am tired, but happy. Lots and lots of life events in the last few months Important visit from the East Coast family branch was of major importance. My daughter graduated from college and I helped her move across country. I also visited family and the […]
Nablopomo No Mo'
I actually wrote my answer to today’s writing prompt for the last day of the November Nablopomo on BlogHer, “What did you learn from doing Nablopomo?” as yesterday’s blog post. I am always so ahead of the game. It was called, “Posting 30 Times This Month – Nearly There, Nearly Insane.” I did forget […]
Posting 30 Times This Month – Nearly There, Nearly Insane
When I began writing a blog post every day as a part of Nablopomo, National Blog Posting Month, to join the celebration of Nablopomo officially becoming a part of BlogHer I knew it would be tough, but I had no idea how much extra stress I would be under. Why do we women always think […]
16 Days to Learn About and Act Against Gender Violence
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is approaching its 21st anniversary with a campaign theme, “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!” The Rutgers site explains that, “Participants chose the dates November 25– International Day Against Violence Against Women- and December 10– International […]
Recycle and Reuse Options for Tech Junk
I was trying to decide what to write for Day 5 of Nablopomo and was surfing around researching topics I have on my list to blog about when I remembered Gazelle.com was on my list. I like the concept of other people being able to use something that is still perfectly good but for […]