Social Media Is Making Us Anxious and Paranoid

So why can’t we stop using it?

More than meets the eye: it’s what you don’t see that matters the most.

There’s a lot happening behind…

On (Not) Eating Out Alone

A stigma I’ve never understood is the one placed on people who are comfortable doing ‘social’ activities alone…

How We Reinvented NYC.gov

8 lessons from creating a government website that doesn’t feel like one

Yelp’s Nice, But Keep Your Travel Guides

Smartphone apps are great, but travelers still need paper…

Breaking up with newsprint

Recently I ended one of the longest-standing relationships of my life — the one I have with daily print newspapers.

I grew up in a household that got the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal every day. I must have started reading the Times in high…

The Word “Blog” Sucks

I’ve been waiting to tell you all this for a while, and it took a publication format called “Medium” for me to get the…

Isolation in a Digital World

It started with a simple suggestion.

When I was teaching in Italy two summers ago, one of my host Dads suggested that I check into a nunnery. Something told me this wasn't a compliment. I didn't think spending all day with 8-year old Italian children…

Check-ins, and being present

I had a Foursquare account. At first it was fun, checking in everywhere I went, tracking where I had been, competing with friends to be ‘Mayor’ of a location. Harmless fun.

Then I started to take notice of something unexpected; almost as if I were…