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Posts Tagged ‘technology

25 Sep, 2015

Device management in the home

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life

I have been working on a little project for MediaSmarts and it got me thinking of a modern day parenting issue I am going to call DEVICE MANAGEMENT. Is a modern issue? My parents had to deal with device management a few decades ago too, but the devices back then were telephones with long curly cords, […]

16 Jul, 2013

App alert! A new way of making parking a little easier

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Oh! Things!

How do you feel about downtown parking? Me, I kind of hate it. I don’t like the traffic. I don’t like the overpacked and overpriced lots. I don’t like circling for a spot, and I HATE the stress and pressure that comes with parallel parking. Hate it. (But that’s another post altogether, but I will say that […]

04 Jun, 2013

Writing:

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: My media (sideblog archive)

My latest post over at the MediaSmarts blog came about because I found myself having THE TALK with the girls recently. It’s not THE talk you’re thinking about. No, the birds and bees were covered years ago. This is the “don’t upload anything stupid” to the Internet talk. Sigh. As always, I’d love to hear […]


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