It’s that time of year again. No, not just warm, sunny Vermont summertime, but vacation time as well. We all love vacation, but last year I enjoyed it even more because I learned about something I had never contemplated before: what it means to disconnect from the social media grid. Growing up, I was able [...]
The Internet is about delivery of content, and protection of ownership and content is increasingly becoming big business. Using someone’s photo or drawing without permission falls into the category of copyright infringement.
Image via Wikipedia Most, if not all, of us have been following the Facebook privacy saga that has been unfolding for the past few months. Constant changes to privacy settings, from the simple to the complex, have forced many people to evaluate how they use Facebook and why. I was a reluctant Facebook convert a [...]
The Pace of Change Continues to Accelerate For someone like me, the best thing about Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends presentation is it’s just packed with data. The charts are sometimes too packed, in fact, and more than one viewing is a must to take it all in. But it’s always revealing, and usually inspiring. [...]
My family drove to South Carolina for spring break this year. As we travelled through the states (ten, in all), it struck me how different the Vermont landscape is from the rest — not because of our beautiful green mountains and lake (a lot of the areas we drove through had these), but rather due [...]
