Complications between the generations
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I never notice generational differences more than when I visit my great aunt’s house over the holidays. At various points throughout the day, there are sometimes five “generations” sitting around the dining room table talking for hours at a time. The youngest kids don’t last long before they’re off to the den to watch television [...]
(Not) Home for the Holidays
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I finally finished my Christmas shopping today. It was a nightmare at the Eaton Centre, and everybody seemed extra grumpy. Especially when we got stuck on the subway for almost half an hour due to some unknown medical emergency. Happy holidays! Anyway, as I was wrapping the last of my boyfriend’s gifts and put them [...]
Gen Y is leading the way
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Earlier this week, Deloitte released some results from its State of the Media Democracy survey (last year’s results are available online), which shows how people of all ages are using media and technology, and what they want from it in the future. The survey is based on research conducted on American consumers, but the state [...]
Health care: treatment vs. cure
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If there’s one area my journalism career has led me to that I never thought I would be that interested in, it’s health care. I’ve always been so interested in politics, women’s issues, new media and youth culture that health care never crossed my mind. Sort of. I did a few health care-related stories in [...]
On Facebook and your professional life
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Even at TalentEgg, the connection between Facebook (and other social networking tools) and the professional life of a student or new grad has been touched on at the blog and discussed extensively in the Egg Carton (the small – but cozy – TalentEgg office). It seems like everyone has their own rule of thumb. Lauren [...]
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