Bridging the Digital Divide Bridging the digital divide with community actively fosters meaningful connections among us. We experience community as an ancient technology through unity and shared purpose. And remember that it’s all about human interaction and...
The Rise of Clubhouse The Clubhouse, a place where folks gather, share laughs, and make memories. It’s like that clubhouse at the golf course, where you unwind, dine, and pick up a new club. The social media app, Clubhouse, had a similar promise—a virtual...
Superficiality by Design When we humans created social media, we embedded superficiality into our online “community” platforms. Just like when we created social norms, we distinguished between polite and rude behaviors. And ironically, we let our social media posts...
Words Don’t Always Walk their Social Talk Social media is not very social as it is based on traditional advertising and broadcast models, which force us to “stand out” and get never ending attention and likes. And then there are all kinds of new, cool...
Small Talk is Not A Conversation Isn’t it fascinating that we created practices like small talk but there is no big talk? We also created icebreakers as a natural way for us to connect. And yet, the fact that we need to label and encourage communication between...