by Lauren | 1 Jun 2014 | Curiosity, Self-awareness, Technology
This week, I was inspired and moved by some healthy truth-telling on the internet. From Google finally releasing its (not-so-great) diversity data (which it’s been refusing to share despite years of requests from journalists), to flagship online publication A...
by Lauren | 15 Apr 2014 | Fun, Technology
My latest piece for Quartz is a light-hearted commentary on HBO’s Silicon Valley series that debuted a couple of weeks back. I argue that the show, which features just one speaking role for a woman in the series premiere, has actually made Silicon Valley (the...
by Lauren | 2 Apr 2014 | Accidental Bosses & Leadership, Business, Technology, Values
Mozilla appointed a new CEO, Brendan Eich, last week, and a lot of good people are feeling troubled by it. They’re wrestling with wildly conflicted feelings and convictions. They’re doing the hard work of trying to reconcile their deeply-held respect for...
by Lauren | 23 Mar 2014 | Curiosity, Self-awareness, Technology
Here’s your weekly curiosity experiment: In my latest blog post, I propose some remedies for the common complaint that “technology” (i.e. screen-based devices and the internet) is inherently distracting, overwhelming, and/or draining. One simple...
by Lauren | 20 Mar 2014 | Curiosity, Self-awareness, Speaking & Events, Technology
When Rohan Gunatillake and I hosted our conversation at South by Southwest last weekend, the question we opened with was this: When we refer to a digital sabbatical as a “digital detox,” it suggests that technology itself is a toxin. Is that true? And if...
by Lauren | 20 Feb 2014 | Self-awareness, Speaking & Events, Technology
For the hyper-connected among us, 2013 may well have been the year of the digital sabbatical. Many a media story hyped the benefits of multi-day technology cleanses, where analog, “real-life” experiences were touted as carrying the healing properties of a...
