Do you find yourself longing for the good old days when privacy concerns never crossed your mind? When you felt confident that information about your family members was known only to people who were actually part of your real life? Well, consider this:
No, seriously though, what do you think about the burgeoning privacy issues? No big deal or the beginning of a world ruled by potentially corrupt mega-corps-as-big-brother(s)? Or something somewhere in between? Heh.
With Federer and Roddick out of the French Open, we found ourselves rooting for Nadal. He soundly defeated Soderling today (6-4, 6-2, 6-4) to win his fifth French Open title.
No matter what you may think about the iPad, the iPhone and all things Apple, it’s hard to resist giving credit to Steve Jobs for making that company what it is. He’s authentic and not afraid to say, “I don’t know.” I love that about him.
Check out some of his remarks at this year’s All Things Digital Conference:
This one (above) is on the iPhone and the iPad.
And how about that whole Gizmodo mess?
Finally, watch him when talks about Google (below) and at the end softly says, “Just because we’re competing with somebody doesn’t mean we have to be rude.”
Wonderful. Very nice.
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Today’s Mantra: Ignore the haters and don’t feed the trolls.
My kids and I made a video in which I talked about how I would love to host a talk show on Oprah’s new network. It was fun – until I started getting comments and nasty email messages from a woman who alleged that I trash working moms on this blog (and erroneously suggested that I’ve never been a working mom). Um, no. Not true. Read my blog. Search my blog. That’s not what it’s about. At all. I have absolutely no desire to do such a thing. Perhaps she was thinking of someone else. I left a response to that effect.
Then the commenter insisted and referred to remarks I made in a video* well over a year ago in which I had griped about a radio broadcast not sufficiently acknowledging the value of stay-at-home moms.
First of all, for those who don’t know, before these years staying home with my kids, I was a dedicated, passionate, working mom who loved her job and career. I felt I was really making a difference in the world and working on things that were important. When I (somewhat reluctantly) hopped off the career track, I garnered little or no respect for my new position and cringed at the thought of the label that people disdainfully attached to it, as well as when I heard them say things like “oh, she’s just a stay-at-home mom.”
I was raised by a strong, self sufficient, feminist working mom (whom I adored and respected and to whom I was very close) who strongly encouraged my sisters and me to “never depend on a man,” and “always be sure that you can support yourself.” I worked my way through college and law school to ensure that I would always be a career woman determined to remain forever independent. I envisioned nothing else.
