I have uninstalled this program and can find no evidence of it in my Google Chrome. But every morning, there it is! Again! Like the cat that came back and couldn't stay away!
Also with the annoying text ads everywhere. What is this stupid thing and how do I get rid of it? Has this happened to any of you?
I wrote a post today for BlogHer admitting that I really can't stand being plugged in all the time -- so I'm not. I know many, many "normal" people who have no problem avoiding social media and email, but not too many people like me -- bloggers, people who work in new media. Am I the only one?
I have a confession to make: I have no problem unplugging. Hello, my name is Rita, I work on the Internet, and I frequently leave the house without my phone. There, I said it.
I started blogging in 2004 and remember vividly sitting next to Liz Gumbinner at the BlogHer Business '07 in New York City watching her use this crazy thing called Twitter on her new-fangled iPhone. I didn't really get immersed in Twitter until 2009 when I joined BlogHer and no longer had to hide my social media use when someone walked by. In fact, I had more of it than ever -- trying to keep up with Twitter, Facebook, internal IM, two e-mail accounts, my blog, everyone else's blog and BlogHer.com was something that took some getting used to. I started having those work dreams about being assigned to catalogue the Internet again, and that's when I knew I had to get a handle on it.
I got a new freelance gig! For the next six months, I'm going to be a contract project editor for a new experiment in citizen journalism at BlogHer. The topic? Parenting in a digital world. Here's my intro post, cross-posted from BlogHer.
You've seen the talk shows and heard the playgroup buzz: What theheck are we doing about the influence of social media, cell phones,games and other technology on our little angels?
Fear not! We're here to help! Over the next sixmonths, BlogHer is taking on a groundbreaking experiment in citizenjournalism with regard to parenting in the digital age. Our digitalparenting ambassadors will post analysis of breaking stories, trends,and the activities of BlogHer moms from a variety of angles. Inaddition, the ambassadors will blog insightful personal posts that shedlight on their own parenting within the matrix. We'll be rolling outessays, technology round-ups and general navel-gazing.
We'llcover geeky parenting, technology as it's embedded in our daily lives(as parents and as participants in the community), tech trendspotting,parenting headaches and triumphs caused by our devices and the socialmedia sphere, and the same great parenting writing you're used toseeing here. Parenting, after all, is still parenting, whether or notyou're doing it with your Blackberry attached.
I know I'm excited-- I've been a BlogHer Mommy & Family contributing editor for morethan three years now, and this topic has come up so many times for mepersonally. I'm thrilled to be working with the talented group ofwriters who'll be bringing you this important information.
In addition, BlogHer will host a Family Connections BlogHer groupto which all our digital parenting posts will be published. The easiestway to stay in the loop is to join the group. So what are you doing?Click on over and join!
We can't wait to hear your thoughts. Thisis a conversation, and we want to hear from YOU -- be your own beatreporter covering the ups and downs of parenting your cyberific kids.With my own daughter in kindergarten, I need your help navigating thedark waters. Come along for the ride, my friends.
So, if this topic interests you, join the Family Connections BlogHer group, and you'll get everything pushed to you. So easy. So digital-like.
And if it doesn't, it won't live here, so no worries.
