I want to see the World Wide Web help the world grow. I look forward to the possibilities that the WWW offers to me as a writer. I am excited about the way that the World Wide Web can make education reachable by all peoples. But mostly, I am excited about the way that the WWW, and social media in particular, offers the opportunity for people to unite their voices in a song for progress. Whether that progress is to the benefit of the Earth or the advancement in the evolution of its people, the possibilities for good are breathtaking. By contrast, the possibilities that lie in its darkness are soul crushing. As with all "governed" domains, the sheep can be lost in the plight of the wolf. I don't want to be a sheep, but I accept that in all but a few competencies, I am. And so is the majority of the population when it comes to the intricacies of the web. From the beginning, technologies have been made available to the government, academics and then the wealthy bef
When I was hugely pregnant, and my son was but two and a half years old, we were sitting together on the floor when he looked over at a rather thick book for new moms and matter-of-factly said “Pregnancy.” This was a particularly impressive feat, not because he was reading at two years old, but because I had not taught him that particular word. It was also the first three syllable word that he had ever read. Yes, my baby was reading at two and that was normal in our house, but reading three syllable words was not, at least not until that day. I had begun teaching my son to read when he was one year old, and did so using the Doman method, meaning lots and lots of homemade flashcards. By that time, Brillkids Little Reader software was out, but… I was too cheap to put out the cash. Well, I eventually caved and shelled out the one hundred bucks or so, and never looked back. I have no regrets. I am one of those people that believes that babies can read. Brillkids created a software