In the past several months, I have become somewhat addicted to scrolling through TikTok. This is no accident; the algorithm seems to have grasped immediately…
Author: Laura Solomon
OPLIN 4Cast #747: As the pandemic drags on, only now are steps being taken to narrow the digital divide
Posted in 4cast, and digital divide
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a lot of things over its course, but perhaps one of the most noticeable points of attention is the digital…
OPLIN 4Cast #745: I’m not invited, but Clubhouse still makes sense in social’s evolution
Posted in 4cast, and Social Networks
Since I wrote a few books about social media and libraries, I do a lot of workshops about social media trends. Recently, I was asked…
I don’t know about you, but I feel like I have watched more video content during the pandemic than in the rest of my life…
Way back in high school, one of my favorite things to do on our school’s Apple IIe’s was to make digital art…but, back then, it…
OPLIN 4Cast #737: Even during the pandemic, more ordinary consumer health tech is making strides
Posted in 4cast, and Healthcare
This month, state employees have the opportunity to participate in a health and wellness challenge where the goal is to accumulate the most steps and…
Earlier last week, I was shocked to hear my teenaged son loudly singing, from his room: “Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and…
Even Tim Berners-Lee, the man widely accredited with the creation of the web, acknowledges that the original intentions of his invention have been subverted and it has turned into something dystopian. In an effort to make something better, that accounts for the rights of the individual over those of Big Tech, he’s created a startup, called Inrupt, that’s been making news headlines.
As we approach the end of what arguably has been a terrible year, it’s important to look back and see if absolutely everything was awful,…
Early this year, I made the decision to give a fitness wearable another try. I’d had an original Fitbit for some time, but found that…