Social Justice & Technology
Every day technology makes life easier for millions of people, and in doing so makes life harder for others. Adam Gopnik, in his New Yorker Article, “The Information: How the Internet Gets Inside Us,”...
View ArticleAngry Birds, Advent, & the 12 Links of Christmas
You may be familiar with Angry Birds, one of the most popular smartphone games in the world. But did you know that they have a holiday season edition? They cover several world holidays, but by far my...
View ArticleContinuing Education From Pax East
For those of you who may not know, Pax East is a yearly convention here in Boston celebrating all things video game. This year I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to present there on “Rethinking...
View ArticleSkyrim Family Values
In psychotherapy we have grown to have a narrow definition of what it means to prescribe something. Most of us think of prescription in terms of medication, however if we take this definition, you’ll...
View ArticleWant To Help Stop Youth Cyberbullying? Let Your Kids Raid More.
The above title is misleading. In fact it is as misleading as the term cyberbullying, which is an umbrella term used from experiences which range drastically. ”Cyberbullying” has been used to...
View ArticleSaving Ideas
Sometime, over 40,000 years ago, someone decided to put images of human hands on the cave pictured above. It turned out to be a good idea. This painting has given scientists information on life in...
View ArticleAutomation
Recently I was washing my hands in a public restroom. The paper towel dispenser was one of those that automatically dispense. There was a towel ready to be pulled off; you took it, and the dispenser...
View ArticleSelfie Esteem
“Photographs do not explain, they acknowledge.” –Susan Sontag Last month, the Oxford Dictionary made the word “selfie” not only an official word, but their word of the year for 2013. Defining selfie...
View ArticleBringing Emerging Technology into the Clinical Process: Implications for...
If you have ever wondered how to begin attending to, listening for, and asking questions about a patient’s use of technology, this video might give you some ideas. In it my colleague Lesa Fichte,...
View ArticleThe Internet & Real Relationships
Today I was slicing some lemons for shish kabobs and so not surprisingly I began to think about social media, attachment and what constitutes an authentic relationship. Authenticity was a key term when...
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