Are we outsourcing our memory?

And is that a bad thing? It is if it diminishes the quality of our relationships. And it feels like we may be heading in that direction. Let me explain what I mean. It wasn’t that long ago when I knew tons of phone numbers. And that helped me in my job as a...

My birthday Klout bump

Remember when you were a kid and it was your birthday and you’d get the bumps?  Well, that happened to me this year too. Except virtually. It was my birthday earlier in the week and I got a little present from Klout – my score increased from 66 to 68. I...

Are you socially insecure, part two

Last week I wrote about online security and how important it is to change passwords in order to safeguard your accounts and privacy. Now I want to talk about that other type of insecurity – the psychological kind. As individuals who are otherwise perfectly well...

Hello again…

– Well. You’re back. – Um, what? – It’s been a while since we’ve seen you here. – Yes. Yes, I guess it has. – So… what have you been up to? – What do you mean? – I mean, where were you? – Oh. When...

Living and working asset light

Mary Meeker of Kleiner, Perkin, Caulfield and Byers released a new study on the state of the Internet that explores, among other things, how we’re making the transition from an asset-heavy society to one that’s asset-light. What does that mean? Basically,...