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Why I’m sticking with Flickr

After the recent (and hopefully, ongoing) uproar over Yahoo!’s failure to implement encryption on its Mail app and other sites, it might seem surprising that I’d write this post. And yet, while I will continue to push for Yahoo! to get its act together and secure its sites, I want to give a bit of […]

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Mere Slacktivism

Originally published in the Centre for Internet & Society’s Digital Natives With a Cause newsletter [PDF] Be it online or offline, successful citizen movements are approached through careful planning and foresight, and not merely by paying lip service to popular imaginings of protest campaigns, says Jillian C York. Digital activism—that is, collective action tactics conducted […]

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One Year

The important thing is not how many years in your life but how much life in your years. ~Edward J. Stieglitz One year ago today, I passed the worst of all adult milestones: I lost a parent.  My father, who had been sick for several years, passed away the day I left his side.  After several […]