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Social Connectivity, Loneliness, and Social Media
How is it that social media can actually make us to feel DIS-connected? Well, first of all we have to come back to what connects us in the first place. The fact is, contact with people (simply being around people) – we call it connectivity – isn’t enough. We have so much contact with people these days, but very little connection. But specifically, with social media use, and the more we use it the worse it gets, there are real blockers to real connection. Because social media tends to be the highlights reel of our lives, we tend not to have connection, but comparison. Connection breeds intimacy and trust, but…
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Home Computing in “The Cloud”
The trends lead me to believe the computing we do at home will soon predominately reside “in The Cloud.” This means the applications we use and rely on everyday are not on our computer at home but in an application out on the Internet and accessed by your browser. Move Yourself To “The Cloud” Many folks have already made the move. Here are some of the typical things others have done and what you can do to make the switch yourself: Use Google Docs as your basic productivity tools. Not only are they very effective and free tools, but they are on-line and available wherever you go (docs.google.com). You don’t…
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