Inspirations

Some Inspirations

These thoughts are medicine for the perfectionist in me! May they encourage others out there too 😉

Reid Hoffman is co-founder of LinkedIn. This sentiment goes well with "Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough" attributed to Mark Zuckerberg (Oct. 2009). Granted Zuckerberg has certainly overstepped his bounds on more than one occasion (e.g that feature called Beacon and adjusting privacy settings for users).
Another useful quote along these lines came out of a Y Combinator interview with Zuckerberg in which he refers to the best advice he was given being: "The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."

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"Death & Grief in the Digital Age" from Social Work Podcast

The Social Work Podcast is a wealth of information. In particular, I'd like to draw attention to their February podcast on Death and Grief in the Digital Age: Interview with Carla Sofka, Ph.D. There are a number of points I'd like to spend time with and highlight in this post, as per usual this post is initially in a "notes to self" kind of form... To be updated in hopes it proves useful to others. Consider: Technological advanced directives and digital dust Just as there is sex education in schools, consider death education (see: Tu Nudito ) Dr. Sofka "also recommends including technology assessment in the standard biopsychosocialspiritual assessment" Ding, ding, ding, all these comments excited me as they rang so true... I've been thinking along the same lines for some time now and it's awesome to hear others feel the same. Below is a rough sketch of just such an assessment, I had the idea several months ago and just began actually wri...

Ethical Questions and Ideas About New Tech

This post reflects on my findings today on the subject of humanity in the information age... Mostly written as notes to self for later reference. "There's Not an App for That" The book "There's Not an App for That" (Robinson et al., 2015) offers a conversational review of the state of technology today as it relates to humanity and delineates the problems and opportunities being presented. From my cursory look at the content, I decided to order the book. I followed a lead from the introduction to Bret Victor's brief rant, which took me down one of the many rabbit holes of the day. I did not spend too long with Bret's rant or website ( www.worrydream.com ) but long enough to see his genius and make a note of his impressive leadership in programming and innovation in design. Citation: Robinson, S., Marsden, G., Jones, M., & Safari Books Online (Firm). (2015;2014;). There's not an app for that: Mobile user experience design for life. Walth...

Reflections & Excerpts

Finishing my degree with independent studies, satisfying remaining electives, was a great opportunity to apply and synthesize my learning throughout the Masters of Social Work (MSW) program. My proposed studies were both focused on the intersection of social work and new technology. In light of choosing the concentration in Policy/Planning, Administration, and Community (PAC) and my interests in new technologies and social media, I wanted to consider macro implications and innovations. Below are some excerpts from the cumulative paper I wrote for my independent studies. Introduction New technologies actively change the face of social work research, education, and practice. In fact, in the United States, there are few societal domains untouched by the information age and digital revolution, which is regularly redefined by emergent technologies. Social media and apps (which intertwine with the devices that animate them) are particularly disruptive innovations that both advance the fi...

Humanity in the Information Age

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