Category: Media/Internet

  • Teaching Girls Programming

    Here’s a pic of Hannah and her partner working on a small basic training module on Sunday.  I wrote about it last week: Teaching Kids Programming Event. Although I think Hannah was a bit younger than the ideal age to introduce some of the concepts, it did spark some overall interest in programming. One the…

  • SMALL BASIC – TEACHING KIDS PROGRAMMING

    Join us July 11th for an event that will transform the lives of 20 young girls. Programming? For girls? ….YES! Programming has evolved and now more than ever girls have the opportunity in a world they’ve only known through technology to shape and mould the future of our society. So many young women have already…

  • Please Vote for DJ Rick Adams!

    Please vote for a great guy who gets kids. I love his idea as well. As someone who is part of community building within the educational sphere dealing with parents and kids, they really need this sort of show. Pair them with those that have paved the way – let them find their passions and…

  • Coconut Water. Have you tried it?

    Coconut Water. Have you tried it? There are a ton of benefits to Coconut Water. It is high in potassium, contains natural sugars and has a lot less sodium that sports drinks, It’s a natural way to hydrate instead of drinking sports drinks like Gatorade.  It’s got a bit different texture and consistency than water…

  • Rob Pattinson is funny

    I love Robert Pattinson – it’s my ode to teenybopper-ism. Call me a Twilight Mom – I don’t care. I just think he’s adorable, funny and doesn’t seem to take himself very seriously. Here’s a funny clip promoting the MTV music awards – it’s NSFW:

  • Reflecting

    At 25, AOL switches tracks: Creating content, not just connecting users. A few weeks ago, as Steve Case was flying above Sterling, en route to Dulles International Airport, he looked down and saw the sprawling campus that is home to the company he co-founded 25 years ago this month — the pioneering service that took…

  • Live Fit and Sore – In print!

    Giving back to others is part of Living a fit and healthy life.   I wanted to focus on something that I felt passionately about and decided to share the experience of my own transformation.   Once a month, I write an article that is published in the monthly HOA newsletter that is sent to all…

  • Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Lemonade Days – June 11, 12 & 13

    I had the pleasure of meeting Jay and Liz Scott, the parents of an extraordinary little girl – Alex – and hearing their story a few years ago during a Leadership camp I organized for student’s that attend K12, Inc.* schools. After that meeting, we were so inspired , K12, Inc. partnered with them to…

  • Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals

    Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals, Report Finds Failing to name the chemicals in a fragrance is legal under the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1973. Though that law requires companies to list cosmetics ingredients on product labels, it explicitly exempts requiring breaking out the specific components of a perfume or cologne. Instead,…

  • A national day of mobile communications rest

    Can you imagine now a days to be without your mobile communications? It wasn’t that long ago that most of us did not even consider the thought of always being connected. And for those that were – it was a mobile phone that was too expensive to casually use. How far we have come or…