One Billion Reasons Why Your Kids Should Spend More Time on the Computer
Dad blogger ‘Showtime’ wants his children to embrace technology without fear. The reasons are endless. Originally posted on The Single Father’s Blog I am a proud 80′s baby. I was born and raised...
View ArticleFacebook IPO – Biggest Tech Debut Ever
Tom Matlack has some questions about the Initial Public Offering of Facebook, which was priced today and will begin trading tomorrow morning. Facebook priced its Initial Public Offering after the...
View ArticleWhat’s So Great About America?
What do you think of Forbes’ annual list of 100 Great Things About America? It’s a fun little tradition, Forbes listing 100 great things about America on the Fourth of July. After all, this is the day...
View ArticleHotsagram: Addictive For No Good Reason
Joanna Schroeder talks about the newest incarnation of ‘Hot or Not’ and muses on whether objectification like this is good for society. We’ve been talking a lot about objectification here at The Good...
View ArticleGet Your Camera Phone Ready to #VideoTheVote
After the voting disasters we saw during the 2000 election, where widespread malfunctions of voting machines as well as voter intimidation were reported, the American people are angry and ready for...
View ArticleWhat We Don’t Talk About When We’re Hurting (Photo)
I saw this illustration drawn by Beatrice the Biologist and stopped in my tracks. It’s so simple. While I don’t really like bragging about vomit or the sniffles on Facebook, I will hide any wavering...
View ArticleHow Letters From Strangers Saved a Teen’s Life (VIDEO)
“I just felt like everything was worthless,” said Noah. “My life was terrible. I had no one.” Noah Brocklebank, a seventh-grader from Columbia, Maryland, made a desperate cry for help on January 26, a...
View ArticleTeens and Social Media: One Post Can Last a Lifetime
Jeff Bogle argues that teaching a kid how to use social media and its consequences is the responsibility of parents Norman Rockwell wouldn’t have been able to paint the relationship I have with my...
View ArticlePRISM: Privacy Revoked in Security Measure
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon. The NSA spies on us. All of us. All the time. Greg Olear wonders why we aren’t more pissed off about it. Last April, Facebook acquired Instagram, the popular...
View ArticleRead This. Please. The Horrors of Self Promotion.
Sean Beaudoin hates the treadmill of self-promotion that he’s on. But as a writer, what choice does he have? — I HATE FACEBOOK. I hate Twitter. I spend a lot of time on both. At least a solid hour a...
View ArticleUnion Square Strike: The Past Meets the Present
During my trip to New York City, I happened to stumble (almost literally) into the middle of a strike. — I was trying to relate to my father that maybe flipping burgers was an enviable position when he...
View ArticleMarkham Nolan Explains How to Separate Fact and Fiction Online
Markham Nolan calls himself a “literary mercenary” whose major responsibility is “to sift through news and information to see what’s true and what’s not.” — Markham Nolan, the managing editor of...
View ArticleDoes a Picture Really Last Longer?
Are we doing good deeds out of compassion, or a selfish need to prove something to other people with photographs? — Right in the heart of downtown there’s a beautiful park. It’s lined with large palm...
View ArticleBig League Dads: Baseball, Fatherhood, and Skin Care
Dove Men+Care and Major League Baseball have teamed together to focus on fatherhood. — We are big fans of Dove Men+Care in these parts. As a brand Dove Men+Care has gone above and beyond in supporting...
View ArticleA Modest (and Dishonest) Plan to Bring the NSA to its Knees
Michael A. Stusser shares his misleading digital profile. Or does he? #DigitalMadness I am the CEO of a corporation (Think Inc.) that does not exist. Apparently, I live in Mykonos, Greece. My profile...
View ArticleUnplugged
All of Pat Brothwell’s technology decided to malfunction last weekend, what he learned about himself was eye opening. — I’ve never considered myself one of those people who is completely reliant on...
View ArticleDon’t Feed the Machine: Give the Gift of Presence This Year
The machine of capitalism is hungry. Are you willing to stop feeding it, at least for a little bit? Doug Zeigler ponders valuing things over presence. —– There is a machine, and it’s inexorably...
View ArticleReddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian Provides 10 Ways For This Generation To Dream...
Tweet For a man who started a site that has gained over 110 million users and over 5.8 billion page views, 30-year-old Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian is bound to know a lot about the Internet. — Now,...
View ArticleSurrogates, Social Media, and Self Worth
Tweet The future presented in Surrogates paints a bleak picture for our technologically obsessed culture, especially with our ever increasing focus on social media. Christian Clifton doesn’t want to...
View ArticleHigh Schoolers’ Promposals Are Nauseatingly Adorable
Tweet There’s a new trend flooding teenage Instagram feeds all over the internet—they’re called “promposals” and they’re something to behold. — By EJ Dickson on March 20, 2014 If you were anything...
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