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Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:49:48 -0700

Perhaps more than places of residence, spaces online are like lovers. We enjoy many people who touch our lives, but there are only a number of them that really change us so deeply, and teach us so much, that we remember them forever. In a sense, GeoCities was that. It may not have been the moody codependent relationship I had with Diaryland, or the drama-filled, torrid affair I had with LiveJournal or the wild, no-strings-attached fling I've been having with Wordpress, or the warm marriage I enjoy on this self-hosted blog--but it shaped me. Maybe it was my first crush.

When A Marriage Disconnects | BlogHer

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:56:16 -0700

A very powerful, poignant, and painful rumination on marriage, infidelity, and that single soul-destroying moment when one realizes that the "supplement" of cheating will no longer sustain the marriage that it supplements.

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:35:46 -0700

Scientists from the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California (USC) released findings recently that essentially say Twitter adversely affects our moral compass. This article considers those findings and inquires, "Is the speed of our interactions taking a toll on our ability to tell right from wrong and engage our sense of justice and morality?"

DMD Network

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:28:22 -0700

The media crisis has created a great deal of introspection on the media business model. But what of the agency business model? In this article DMD Network advocates an innovative new agency business model: the microagency, and initiates discussion concerning the future of agencies, entrepreneurialism and the future of the media/agency relationship.

OMG. OMG. OMFG.

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:15:16 -0700

Oh, the great universe of Facebook. So many things to do to your friends, colleagues and acquaintances and so little time. From invites to events happening in a whole other country to fights between friends that erupt on your wall, here's a list of the top seven notifications that give us nosebleeds.

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Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:31:01 -0800

Excellent exploration of the concept of personal brands, and how important proper communication and perception of said personal brands actually is.

http://www.dmdinsight.com/blog/post/146-gemma-redux-s-rachel-dooley-translates-mechanics-into-something-beautiful-and-beautifully-wearable

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:42:21 -0800

Gemma Redux's Rachel Dooley translates mechanics into something beautiful - and beautifully wearable.

Love 2.0: Online or Alienated? | BlogHer

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:58:56 -0800

In real life, you can't block someone who's right in front of you. You can't always select who you work with the way you select who you choose to interact with. You can't opt out of someone screaming at you from across the table. And you can't really sleep on insults being hurled at you the way you might sleep on a nasty e-mail. Have we become so used to relationships online with other people's personas, so stripped of the mundane stuff of life, that we've become intolerant of reality?

Love in The Time of Web 2.0 | BlogHer

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:29:21 -0800

Journalist and blogger AV Flox wonders, "Is technology diluting the potency of relationships?", and produces a fascinating investigation.

http://www.iammikesmith.com/37-more-information-packed-twitter-backgrounds/

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:54:19 -0800

Second installment of great collection of customized Twitter backgrounds.