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Dear Karina: Using The Internet To Connect With Young Children

I’m back in here — I’ve been working on my own personal history in relative silence for a while, and I think I had some breakthroughs in developing a framework that helps me — and everyone, really — put their own personal history in the hands of others. A recent commercial by Google’s Chrome browser reminded me of this — I’m linking to it below, it’s...

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Memory Monday:Class Notes from the University of Life

I recently finished a monumental project; I took 6 Banker boxes of notes from undergraduate and graduate classes, and I got rid of them. So to speak. I didn’t exactly throw them out entirely… instead, I like to think I just made them really, really, really small. With the blessing of my IT guy at work, I used the copier to scan my reams of notes and turn them into PDF documents. So now those 6...

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Playlist of My (Her) Life

Tonight I did a nice thing for my wife — she’s pregnant, she’s tired and she’s seen a bit too much of my precocious daughter and her too-often-poopy diapers. I had some Marriott Rewards points, so off she went to the local oh-so-swanky Courtyard for a night on her own. Somehow I successfully fed, bathed and clothed our little daughter and was desperately trying to distract her from...

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Mile Markers of Growth & Change

Our little family spent last week away at the Oregon Coast. If you’ve never been there, especially during the early months of the year, it’s a rugged/cold/beautiful/rustic/often solitary place that lends itself to reflection and renewal. At times you could walk for miles without seeing anyone (and possibly seeing some deer) on the beach. My wife and I wandered on the beach, dodging flotsam and...

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WE are the Cloud: The Best Way to Preserve Your Memories Forever

Lately I’ve noticed and read a few articles about the danger of the digital life — the fact that so much of our lives is stored on random servers or auto-deleting email Inboxes. This recent NPR article about a “digital will” comes to mind. Similarly, this Wall Street Journal article makes the case for an “analog” life and how sometimes what’s digital isn’t...