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Anticipating the virtual wedding

August 30, 2011

Today’s Globe & Mail features a story about the “iPad bridesmaid”: the woman who attended her friend’s wedding via iPad. Since Renee Armstrong couldn’t make it the wedding in person, a groomsman carried an iPad to which she was connected via FaceTime (Apple’s videoconferencing system for the iPad). Globe reporter Tralee Pearce called me for [...]

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11 best practices for managing your social network memberships

June 8, 2011
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Between the WordPress.com hack, the Honda Canada hack and the Playstation hack, I feel like my favorite online identities have been seriously compromised. Nor am I the only one: the recent attack on PBS servers has also created potential identity risks for PBS employees. So these seemed like a good time to revisit the advice [...]

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Internet tunes: Craiglist Hookup – Missed Connections

February 16, 2011
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Kate Allen has a great article in yesterday’s Toronto Star about the phenomenon that is Craigslist’s Missed Connections. It features the true story of a couple who met through MC two years ago…so yes, you can find love that way. Kate interviewed me for the story, too, quoting my comment on one dimension of Missed [...]

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Family movie night: The 2×2

July 10, 2010

Like everything in life, the conundrum that is Family Movie Night can be reduced to a 2×2 table. Common Sense Media has solved a lot of our household media selection challenges, but it’s yet to resolve this one. Movie selection criteria Your kids will find this movie Appropriate Inappropriate Interesting Movies with animals that can [...]

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thirtysomething meets the Internet

July 1, 2010
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When I was sixteen I hated Jane Austen. I read Pride and Prejudice, but couldn’t get beyond the anachronism. Every plot point rested on the impossibility of speaking directly and honestly: Mr. Darcy, if you could simply explain yourself to Miss Bennet, I’m sure she will have a different opinion of you. Take away the [...]

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How Social Media Is Changing Olympic Coverage

February 26, 2010
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Plenty of locals in Vancouver are stymied in their efforts to decipher just what the protesters want; or more precisely, what it would take to satisfy them.
—Jonathon Narvey

Game play can help grow a community, offer positive mentorship,…

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Press

January 16, 2010

I frequently comment on social media, the personal, social and political implications of technology adoption, entrepreneurship, and other topics. Editors or reporters on a deadline can reach me via cel (604.726.5445) or Twitter (@awsamuel) or contact my assistant, Morgan Brayton (778.858.8787). You can reach me via e-mail as alex[at]alexandrasamuel[dot]com or by using the contact form [...]

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Contact

January 16, 2010

I write and speak on social media and on the use of technology for personal transformation and social change. If you’re organizing an event or conference please get in touch to book me for keynotes or workshops. You can also visit Social Signal to find out more about my workshops and presentations. Contact information: E-mail: [...]

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Contact Alex

January 16, 2010

I write and speak on social media and on the use of technology for personal transformation and social change. If you’re organizing an event or conference please get in touch to book me for keynotes or workshops. You can also visit Social Signal to find out more about my workshops and presentations. Contact information: E-mail: [...]

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2008 Presentation at Oberlin Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship

January 15, 2010

I just discovered that my presentation at Oberlin’s 2008 Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship is on YouTube. I talked about how the lessons of building social networks parallel our experience as entrepreneurs.

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The geek’s guide to child-proofing: how to keep your tech safe from baby

November 30, 2009

With the wisdom earned from six years’ of childraising, two destructive children and four or five figures’ worth of maimed technology, I’d like to weigh in on the neglected side of childproofing. Because once you’ve figured out how to keep your baby safe from your stuff, it’s time to figure out how to keep your stuff safe from baby.

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