Review of Cain’s Legacy

If you have siblings, you might want to buckle up, because more than likely it’s going to be a bumpy life. If you are an only child, take some solace in learning to paddle your own canoe right from the very start. Sibling relationships are like the third rail of a family: when they work, everything runs smoothly, but if problems develop, just going near them can result in extreme harm.

Psychotherapist Jeanne Safer’s Cain’s Legacy is highly recommended for those who want to think about siblings in a new way, as well as get critical insights into the area of sibling strife, its causes, and potential remedies.

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Review of Digital Assassination

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Because whether or not you use the Internet, you do have a digital reputation to protect, and you had better pay attention to it. Those who do use the Internet have a bigger stake in the game, but even if you’ve never been “online,” never signed on to an electronic mail account, selected a site with a web browser, or even owned a computer, you still have a digital reputation.

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Review of Cory Doctorow’s Context

Cory Doctorow’s Context showcases his ability to explain how the many facets of technology impact the user and the marketplace. Context gives decision makers a blueprint for well-considered decisions in the costly and ever-changing digital world.

A prolific author, journalist, and blogger, Mr. Doctorow has established himself as one of the more important voices of the Internet generation. He does his homework well, which sets him apart from many others who often rush to embrace the “new”—no matter what the downsides may be.

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Review of Nick Carr’s “The Shallows”

My new review of Nick Carr’s The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains in the New York Journal of Books. Good book, and worth the read for anyone interested in the larger implications of the internet.

Point. Click. Scroll. Scan. Point. Click. Scroll. Scan. Repeat until you walk away or shut off the computer, smart phone, or tablet.

This is how we communicate, get information, work, and even play. Most importantly, in the age of the Internet and the Word Wide Web, this is how our rewired brains are becoming comfortable with reading and writing.

The persuasive and comprehensive case for this current state of affairs is made by Nicholas Carr in The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, the paperback release of this Pulitzer Prize finalist.

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http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/shallows-what-internet-doing-our-brains

Tablets in the Enterprise

How Tablets Can Get Ready for the Enterprise – Janet Asteroff

Love ‘em or hate ‘em no one can deny that tablets are coming. Consumerization has brought them to the enterprise, but now it is time for the enterprise to influence tablets to make them more useful. What does it take to make the tablet successful in the enterprise? The tablet isn’t yet ready for prime-time business usage, and it can’t replace the PC as the company workhorse. Maybe it’s not intended to. For the end user, five basic areas should be in place to enable meaningful work.

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