Archive for March, 2009

Privacy was killing us anyway: How social media is transforming culture.

March 26th, 2009 by Kat French 2

Bear with me here—this is going to get a little heavy. I was thinking at lunch today about meeting Peter Kim, a social media professional, when he was in town visiting his family last fall. He said something to the effect of “so many people miss seeing that social media is transformative.” In other words, [...]

A Dose of Perspective

March 20th, 2009 by Kat French 0

Wednesday afternoon on my way home from work, I got some frightening news.  My daughter was injured in a fall at the sitter’s.  She appeared to be fine–just some scrapes and such–but the nature of the accident was such that she could very easily have been badly injured or killed.  With a famous actress dying of [...]

Notes from the Land of Withdrawals

March 11th, 2009 by Kat French 3

Apparently, I vastly underestimated the impact of quitting coffee and caffeine cold turkey. When I wrote earlier this week that I was going to post later in the day about the women’s retreat, I forgot to mention that the post wasn’t going to appear here, but rather on the blog for my very cool church. [...]

“Coffee Cup Kat” No More

March 9th, 2009 by Kat French 5

This is sort of about the fact that I’ve given up coffee and caffiene.   Yes.  I know.  Break out the bomb shelters and flack jackets.  ”Coffee cup kat” is quitting Joe.  The end must be nigh.   Mostly, though, this is a post about change.   I’ve been reading (and really enjoying) Havi Brooks’ [...]