“I’m a bad gay myself. I keep sleeping with boys. I’m a bad straight. I keep on fucking, and not getting married. I don’t think I’ll ever get married, even though I almost did when I was 23. I don’t think I’ll ever be gay or straight. Bisexual is a term that barely even fits.… Continue Reading

When you are addicted to the Internet, like me, and when you go offline for three days during a holiday with family, like I just did, you notice things.  My loss was not the net (heaven forbid, I have a browser on my phone), but my social media tools and community (twitter stopped working on… Continue Reading

Thanksgiving started early this year when family arrived from three different states, converging on the East Bay. Since we have lots o’ foodies in the group, we made our way from fried chicken sandwiches and scones from BakeSale Betty’s to a tour of the Ferry Building and The Slanted Door, to a drop in at… Continue Reading

This piece is a great complement to my BlogHer piece on friednships that fail.(thanks, Viv!)

When I signed up for Mr. Tweet, the new app that helps you discover who you should be following among your network of followers and twittering influencers, it was with the same due diligence that has made me sign up for so many social medial apps that the abandoned detrius of those trials feels akin… Continue Reading

“t’s all part of a big boom that has been growing across the country: The new modern women’s entrepreneur. Women who aren’t just interested in taking a slice of the corporate pie, but owning the pie, the bakery and the manufacturing company that supplies it — and are making it happen. Fueled in part by… Continue Reading

People I know are organizing two upcoming conferences focused on women in tech. Fem 2.0 is on February 2nd, at George Washington University. They say their mission is  “to bring together “the leadership of major women’s advocacy organizations and online women’s communities to further the connection between today’s issues and women’s voices.” AAUW, BlogHer, feminist… Continue Reading

What could happen over at twitter when you add Rael Dornfest–someone who’s created and edited a superb book series (O’Reilly Hacks), built one of the first RSS readers (Meerkat), working on the RSS spec standards and then went on to found a cool little company values of n that built Stikkit: Little yellow notes that… Continue Reading

New post up at BlogHer that isn’t about sex or dating but about friendship.The lede:“Is there anything worse than the unvoiced but clearly visible tension between two people who are supposedly friends–but for some reason aren’t really, not anymore? Maybe the experience of feeling angry and resentful toward a so-called friend, but not feeling comfortable… Continue Reading