Last night I spoke as part of a panel discussion on the effects of the Internet on our children. I gave my take on the forces which encourage kids to use the Internet and my suggestions as to what parents can do to make this positive.
Below is a link to the PowerPoint presentation. I believe […]
Heard about the hackers who made off with personal data of 800,000 people connected to UCLA? It’s big news here in Los Angeles. Included names, Social Security numbers, birthdays and even home addresses of students, alumni, faculty, staff, etc. Although UCLA says there is no evidence the data has been misused, the fact that it […]
Now my 8-year-old daughter has fallen into the same trap as her older brother who’s addicted to World of Warcraft. She’s hooked on Club Penguin - admittedly, just about the cutest world of animated penguins and casual games I’ve ever run across (and certainly which has ever come out of Kelowna, British Columbia, a small […]
Parents worried that their teenagers are getting sucked in to MySpace can now relax - MySpace has been declared “unhip” by teens in a Washington Post article. This was inevitable, as this fickle audience moves on to something more exciting. But it raises two important questions for parents and advertisers:
1. Given that parents must worry […]
Watch out for a job-hunting / education lead-gen scam making rounds again. If you’ve posted your resume on a job board like Monster, Yahoo HotJobs, etc. (and who hasn’t, in this biz?), you’ll soon receive a personalized e-mail from www.instanthumanresources.com describing an open position from “Vector Point Solutions” or similar. To apply, just click on […]
World of Warcraft (WOW), owned by Blizzard Entertainment, itself owned by Vivendi, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) launched less than 2 years ago which now has 1.5+ million players paying $15 per month. Including my 10-year-old son (with my credit card).
Not only is our son hooked on World of Warcraft, he’s gotten […]
Personal Identity and security must evolve beyond trying to keep our information “secret” - one’s Social Security Number is a great example of this flawed strategy. We have to assume that our SSN is publicly known (or easily found out) - or revealed through no fault of our own. Therefore, how can we prevent misuse?
Just […]
Below is a link to a PowerPoint presentation I gave this evening as part of a panel discussion on Internet usage by children to teenagers: The Internet: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
My primary point was that kids will use the Internet, whether we parents want them to or not, and we must equip them appropriately.
My second […]
Explaining to others (especially those under 20) the consequences of Information Persistence, that what we post on the Internet will remain accessible, searchable and visible forever begs for some analogies to the “old” world, so I’ll continue my Sex Ed theme and claim that:
Posting on the Internet can be a fantastic tool for information sharing, […]
Very few people realize that nearly every article, photo, blog, posting on the web will literally live on forever. Parents don’t realize this, and their children do not understand the consequences.
Thank goodness I went through school before MySpace and cellphone cameras. Not that I was particularly wild (I wish), but there were always moments best left […]
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