Restaurants are finally getting a chance to even up the score. For years we as customers have been able to comment, praise and critique restaurants via various forums (ie Trip Advisor, Yelp, Urbanspoon etc. A recent article by Inga Ting on Goodfood.com.au outlines how Restaurants are now using social to gain insights into their customers and even give them ratings! Now from what I can see … [Read more...]
The Connected Family: 5 Fab ideas for safer social media FUN
Author and online reputation educator Fiona Lucas shares 5 ways to balance “real” life and social media to connect with your family for the best of both worlds! Families are so busy these days that it may seem easier for parents to leave children playing with smartphones, ipads and other devices to keep them entertained. These devices and online games can be highly addictive and once habits … [Read more...]
Gambling and your child
Accessibility and availability of games and applications which encourage or simulate gambling are saturating the market for children in the 12-17 age group. The Victorian Responsible Gambling foundation (VRGF) is working hard to generate awareness of the possible massive social issues which our children may face in the next few years if we don't get proactive on this important issue. Often … [Read more...]
Please – the forgotten word . A small rant for the day.
Why is our society becoming so negative? After several recent difficult family matters, I have begun pondering upon why our society seems to be becoming stuck in a “complaints” mode. Rather than approaching issues with friendliness, but directness, it seems the first avenue for many is to make threats, and then if you haven’t actually complained to a higher authority, it seemed expected that … [Read more...]
New ways to enjoy your connectivity – virtual dinner date!
A friend and I had been trying to catch up for ages since she returned from overseas, but we are busy and we live in different states. After saying "we must we must" but never finding time, I said to her - ok that's it - we need to make a firm date - we are always finding it hard before or after dinner so let's have dinner together! So we set an evening and decided that we would skype during … [Read more...]
