Everyone has their demons. Mine seems to be plastic. No, not credit cards. Although I’ve had my share of issues with those in my younger days. I mean the actual material, plastic. It seems to be a running theme through some of my daily struggles – physical and ethical. For example, JavaGirl and JavaBoy have [...]
This is the final Super Why! post and the last chance to enter the giveaway for a DVD from PBS by posting a comment in any of the posts in this series!
When Angela Santomero was a little girl, she’d lean into the TV set and she just
knew she was special, because
Mr. Rogers told her she was. And so did I. And I’m willing to bet, so did you.

We are the generation who learned our ABCs on PBS, and now our children are too, but they are learning so much more, so much faster, and Angela Santomero is one of the reasons why.
Maybe you don’t recognize her name… unless you happen to pay close attention to the credits of your children’s favorite shows. She is creator of Nick Jr.’s Blue’s Clues and creator, executive producer, and head writer of the award-winning PBS show, Super WHY! She has the Midas touch of children’s programming, so I jumped at the opportunity to peel back the layers at PBS headquarters May 6 and find out just what goes into putting together a show like Super WHY!
In their 2009 Women In Social Media Study, BlogHer, iVillage and Compass Media found that women online were twice as likely to use blogs as sources of trusted information for advice or purchase decisions, but turned to social media sites for connecting with friends and family. Women continue to turn to blogs, social networking and [...]
Is JuiceBoxJungle.com social media’s new “It Girl”?
BlogHer’s Elana Centor is making waves with her article, “Can Juicebox Jungle Succeed Where Twitter and Facebook Have Failed? Monetizing Social Media.”
As if I didn’t have enough to do… as if I weren’t still recovering from the project of reviewing all my photos of 2008 in order to put together the Christmas newsletter… along comes Project 365 to pique my interest! Project 365 itself is actually not new, I’ve learned, but I hadn’t heard of it [...]
No, really, I have not been whisked off into the WP nor have I drifted off into a holiday-food-induced coma (thought I came close to one of those scenarios). Like you, I am sure, I’ve been in a whirlwind of family visits, holiday obligations, and stuffed in a car traveling thousands of miles visiting relatives with [...]