Columns Personal Social Media All in the Social Family What a handsome bunch of social media users All in the Social Family The end-of-year holidays offer a perennial reminder that no matter how hard you try, you can never escape your family. My own family often inspires columns here, sometimes directly as in 2005's "Google vs. Grandmom," and sometimes through more convoluted paths. They […] Written by David Berkowitz January 4, 2011November 26, 2020
Arts and Entertainment Personal Travel South America: The Travel Journals – Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile One more personal post to close out the year – following up on my book recommendations for South America, I’ve also publicly shared my travel journal, embedded below and freely downloadable if you’re at all interested in more than just the photo or book highlights. If you do check it out, let me know what […] Written by David Berkowitz December 29, 2010November 26, 2020
Books Personal 20+ Reading Recommendations for South America – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru When I travel internationally, I try to read a fair amount of non-fiction and literature about the country, including works by many indigenous authors. Last year, for instance, I published areading list for Egypt.  This year, I wound up taking two trips to South America, covering sixcountries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay. My […] Written by David Berkowitz December 27, 2010November 26, 2020
Columns Personal Social Media Nine Days of Social Silence In Buenos Aires, I made some new friends, but not through social media Nine days of Social Silenceoriginally published in MediaPost's Social Media Insider  For nine days, I was silent. The world heard not a tweet, not a Facebook post, not an email from me. This is the story of one man who went to […] Written by David Berkowitz December 21, 2010November 26, 2020
Columns Personal Social Media A Reason to Care about Social Media Originally published in MediaPost's Social Media Insider "Her surgery is tomorrow morning and she&39;s not at all nervous! Please say a prayer for her and think of her tomorrow at 7:30 when surgery begins." — Sept. 1, 11:15 a.m. This was the first entry posted on the site "Heal Fast Billie" hosted on CarePages through […] Written by David Berkowitz September 7, 2010November 26, 2020
Columns Personal Social Media Connecting Roots and Branches Originally published in MediaPostAbove: My grandfather's emigration card from Germany in 1951, found on Ancestry.com. Born in Poland, he escaped the Holocaust with his family through Siberia and Kazakhstan, settling in Germany after the war before coming to the United States. Connecting Roots and Branches  Some people compete around badges and mayorships (Foursquare), connections and […] Written by David Berkowitz June 3, 2010November 26, 2020
Columns Personal Social Media What A Camp Counselor Can Teach You about Social Media Today's column channels some fun camp memories. I was walking through Madison Square Park on the way to work and saw a woman with two kids in matching blue t-shirts, and suddenly I was back – metaphorically – at Beth El. One personally gratifying experience in writing this was realizing how many of those memories […] Written by David Berkowitz August 25, 2009November 26, 2020
Personal Vote Image by RodBegbie via FlickrThat’s it. Really. Just reminding you. No endorsements here or anything. Rather, the picture included here serves to let you know that even Storm Troopers are taking part in the political process, and just think how hard it was to get an absentee ballot on the Death Star. You should have […] Written by David Berkowitz November 4, 2008November 26, 2020
Fun Personal Birthday Greetings by Channel: Facebook Surges Ahead in 2008 Image via Wikipedia Last year, I took an analytical approach to my birthday – hardly surprising to those who know me. When I learned in first grade how to take surveys and make tally marks, I did a poll around school of preferences for Doritos, Fritos, or Cheetos (Doritos won handily). This year, two birthday […] Written by David Berkowitz October 27, 2008November 26, 2020
Personal Technology Vacation Recap: Most Useful Technologies I took a week off last week, driving with my wife upstate from New York City to the Finger Lakes for some sightseeing and winery touring (with stops along the way in White Plains, Binghamton, and Corning), and then to Hyde Park (via Ithaca and Woodstock) for the FDR Library and Culinary Institute of America, […] Written by David Berkowitz August 25, 2008November 26, 2020
