May 31, 2012 TECHNOLOGY TO DREAD “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Recovering from Identity Theft” by attorney Mari Frank is a far, far greater horror story than Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein.” Given today’s technology crooks can invade your private records as easily as s
If I had another life, it might be fun to run a virtual book tour company, putting writers and readers together. The one I used to advertise my novel, “Gothic Spring,” could certainly use come a little competition. Here’s how I would start: To begin with, an organizer needs t
To help fellow writers decide on the efficacy of virtual books tours, I’ll share my recent experience. First, I considered three packagers and chose the one with the most polished presentation. Second, I contacted two of their previous clients. Both admitted the tours did little
A few who are following the blog overseas have asked how to purchase my novel Gothic Spring. Here is the link to buy directly from the publisher. https://kohopono.com/ And thank you so much for asking! Caroline
A BLOGGER’S DOUBTS A few friends, both virtual and real, have begun to write blogs recently. I’d like to imagine I inspired them, but I know the passion to communicate is part of the human DNA. The number of bloggers in the world is enough to make me shudder. I joined one site
I’m forgoing my usual introspective thoughts today to offer a reminder. “Marie Eau-Claire” (Pts. 1 & 2) — currently free and available on line athttp://TheColoredLens.com — will soon disappear into the ether. I send this reminder because I can think of no greater wa
Background Many of us know that the Internet began as an American project after WWII when our government needed a system that would allow message authentication between various parts of the military. Vint Cerf and his team together with the help of Robert Kahn, a computer scientist, p
Yesterday I talked about the power of one to effect change in the world. It may have sounded a little pie-in-the-sky but there is more method than madness in my proposal. Today, I’m going to refer to the importance of one to affect upcoming changes in the Internet. A discussion
So much of what we hear on the news or read in the paper is about a world in chaos. There’s a reason for this, of course. It’s called “marketing.” Most living creatures are designed to respond to fear because survival may depend upon it. But we humans make too great a habit