Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Freelance Gig
And as predicted, as soon as I mentally said goodbye to my freelance business, I got an email asking if I was interested in helping on a new project. I said yes.
So, I changed my LinkedIn profile, mentally jumped back into the notion and am currently awaiting details. Glad to know it's not over. I kinda liked having the flexibility to try new projects out and learn new skills outside the office.
So, I changed my LinkedIn profile, mentally jumped back into the notion and am currently awaiting details. Glad to know it's not over. I kinda liked having the flexibility to try new projects out and learn new skills outside the office.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
World Through Other Eyes
A few things in the news recently have made me realize that I don't see the world the way other people do. And I'm glad for that and sad that they don't see all the beauty I see. I am scared for how the world will change (or not change) for my kids (and grandkids) because some of these issues really should be dead to us by now. I hope we can evolve.
The Hunger Games. I read all three books when my daughter got them as gifts. Similar in nature to the Uglies-Pretties-Specials series. A teen dystopian story. About kids killing kids while the adults use them to control other adults. How fear rules us. How eventually you have to step up and fight tyranny. I don't quite know what I would do in those circumstances but it is good to think about them. Then the movie came out last month. And instead of talking about these large issues, a whole bunch of idiots got upset that some of the characters in the movie were black. After the author described them as being dark-skinned. REALLY??? That is ridiculous and sad. Skin color has nothing to do with the larger issues in the book. And that is what made the news.
A new app called Girls around You. A group of programmers figured out a way to make an app that could pull info from twitter, facebook and foursquare and tell you where girls were around you if you checked into their app. The app got pulled after people called it creepy. It is creepy. But is it creepy for everyone. And scary that so many young people don't realize how much info they post online for the world to read. BUT, it is just as creepy for young men to be stalked. Or older people to be stalked. And if they called the app find new friends around you, no one would have commented. And the news today is how the women are at fault for posting their personal info. Kinda like how women dress impacts the attention they get. NO one should be hurt for being stupid. I try to teach my kids how not to be victims... post after an event.. don't tell where going online... but if they make a mistake then what? When will our world stop applauding predatory behavior? I fully expect that app to be launched again.. with more caveats about how they are not the problem. And they are not. People not paying attention is the issue. But why can't we protect one another rather than using this new open world to hurt one another?
Social media is a wonderful thing. We can be connected immediately. And help one another quickly. But we can just as quickly hurt one another with these words. We have to do better. The world is a beautiful place.
The Hunger Games. I read all three books when my daughter got them as gifts. Similar in nature to the Uglies-Pretties-Specials series. A teen dystopian story. About kids killing kids while the adults use them to control other adults. How fear rules us. How eventually you have to step up and fight tyranny. I don't quite know what I would do in those circumstances but it is good to think about them. Then the movie came out last month. And instead of talking about these large issues, a whole bunch of idiots got upset that some of the characters in the movie were black. After the author described them as being dark-skinned. REALLY??? That is ridiculous and sad. Skin color has nothing to do with the larger issues in the book. And that is what made the news.
A new app called Girls around You. A group of programmers figured out a way to make an app that could pull info from twitter, facebook and foursquare and tell you where girls were around you if you checked into their app. The app got pulled after people called it creepy. It is creepy. But is it creepy for everyone. And scary that so many young people don't realize how much info they post online for the world to read. BUT, it is just as creepy for young men to be stalked. Or older people to be stalked. And if they called the app find new friends around you, no one would have commented. And the news today is how the women are at fault for posting their personal info. Kinda like how women dress impacts the attention they get. NO one should be hurt for being stupid. I try to teach my kids how not to be victims... post after an event.. don't tell where going online... but if they make a mistake then what? When will our world stop applauding predatory behavior? I fully expect that app to be launched again.. with more caveats about how they are not the problem. And they are not. People not paying attention is the issue. But why can't we protect one another rather than using this new open world to hurt one another?
Social media is a wonderful thing. We can be connected immediately. And help one another quickly. But we can just as quickly hurt one another with these words. We have to do better. The world is a beautiful place.
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