by Dawn | May 7, 2016 | Parenting, Teaching
“Mrs. L didn’t get the tickets yet. The first half sold out. We’ll try again tomorrow.” I said yes to something only an insano mom would do. MineCon. “What’s MineCon?” you ask. It’s twelve-thousand Minecraft people...
by Dawn | Jan 23, 2016 | Teaching
“Kids today!” I hear this a lot. Teachers grumble about kids’ phones, inappropriate digital activity, kids and their Snapchat… My entrepreneur friends talk about the millennial entitlement–employees who want to leave at 5PM and own the...
by Dawn | Sep 29, 2013 | technology
A video posted to my Google+ profile. I didn’t notice. It’s gone now, no use looking. It was me staring down my webcam for about 20 seconds. No makeup, terrible hair, stained shirt–frightening. I was playing with settings for a Google Air hangout....
by Dawn | Aug 25, 2013 | technology
The phone rang. I don’t use the phone for calling much anymore–it’s sort of a mini dictator that chimes and pings, commanding me to do certain things–answer you, be amused by your blog post, watch a video, work, attend something, look at photos...
by Dawn | Jul 11, 2013 | business, self-improvement
All my really smart friends were posting about the Tile. When my really smart friends post, discuss or tweet the same thing, it gets my attention. One of the best ways to be successful in life is to pay attention to the smart folks–it’s carried me this...