I asked a male-millennial-something to take a picture of me at a recent event. I was merely closing another app before opening the camera when he starts giving multiple instructions, reaching over to tap things, and telling me which buttons to push as though it were my first time holding such a ‘newfangled doohickey.’ “Thank…
This past March, one week before his 89th birthday, author and grandparenting activist Jerry Witkovsky was honored with Jerry Witkovsky Day in the Village of Deerfield. (Read about it here in the Chicago Tribune/Deerfield Review). This is the same Jerry Witkovsky who self-published a book in 2013, has over 1200 followers on Facebook and Twitter…
Ed Wojcicki likes to think of himself as one of what Studs Terkel* called, the “et ceteras of history” “They’re the billions of people who won’t even have their 15 minutes of fame…yet we have our time and place in history and what we do matters,” said Wojcicki. “They’re good parents. They’re good citizens. They’re…
“I call this my Cinderella story,” says Efé McWorter, 69, referring to the time she picked up and drove herself across the country to move to California 10 years ago. While “going to LA to become a movie star” was not her original plan, McWorter, known only as Efé on IMDb, now has 25 credits…
Thinking about finally convincing my mom to go on a computer feels like Scarlett Johansson from Her, where (ohhh…Google Search Break, let me look up the name of the guy who played the main character…I’m back…it’s Joaquim Phoenix…) But, and you heard it here first…the first Google result for “star of Her” was an announcement…
Maybe in the future instead of “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up,” you could shout into your empty house “I’ve fallen now get me up.” That seemed to be the logical evolution of what Dr. Joseph Paradiso, PhD Professor of Media Arts & Sciences, MIT Media Lab, was saying as he spoke as part…
By Deanna Shoss Cross-platform (aka cross-channel) advertising is a big deal now. Nielsen says average incremental reach by adding online to TV was 10.4%. And, while some of that may be overlap, it’s common to see ads connecting to social media or real-life promotions created only to be filmed and uploaded to YouTube. Think of…
While marketers are screaming about the need to be exciting and interactive and praising of millennials, the next generation, Gen Z (aka our children…or at least my children, since a characteristic of young boomers or x’ers was to delay having children while building our careers…aka having it all) has burst onto the scene, and they…
What I learned early on in my trips to Brazil to visit my husband’s family is that wearing a bikini is less about your concern of how others will see you, but more about how you feel about yourself. And there’s nothing wrong with feeling good and confident. I know the ad is supposed to be…
I had three different signs I’m getting older this week. 1. Got helped walking across the ice. Not because someone was flirting and wanted to hold my hand, but because they really thought I was going to fall; 2. I fell asleep at 8:30 last night. After one glass of wine; and 3. I don’t…
