The internet never shuts down.
It’s easy to while away a couple of hours online. Before work, after work, in between housework or looking after kids.
But does it come to a point when conencting online takes away precious time you need to connect with yourself?
Drew Barrymore featured in a 60 Minutes story last Sunday night.
If she ever made a movie, ‘There’s something about Drew’, the first thing the director would surely pick out is that fabulous uneven smile.
It is big news when Germany’s most popular women’s fashion magazine announces they will no longer be using models.
In response to requests from their readers, they will be using real women, and accentuating the identity behind the woman.
I bought the Canon Powershot SX20 IS last week as family camera.
It hasn’t disappointed so far– it’s an all-purpose camera that suits a busy, active family.
A blog-owner wears many hats and ‘writing a blog’ isn’t just about what you put in your posts.
This is a simple beginner’s guide to writing a blog that is intended to build a readership.
Where does breastfeeding fit in online?
From parenting forums to the ‘mainstream’ social web such as Facebook, reactions to breastfeeding photos bring social taboos to the surface.
Bad teeth are bad news. From gingivitis and cavities all the way through to decayed and loose teeth.
Why is a sugar substitute called xylitol capturing so much attention online?
You’ve got the winter blues. Your fingertips have been numb for weeks and the wind has an icy chill factor.
Around the internet, if you keep finding yourself mentioning the cold, you could be Posting Under the Influence of Winter. (PUIW)
The humble little Acai berry seems to be all over the internet at the moment. It’s being packaged as a weightloss product– with women the main targets.
Going by the rash of complaints over recent months, it seems that as many wallets are being squeezed as berries?
This is a question that often comes up in internet discussion forums. People want to know if the other people they interact with online are the same ‘in real life’.
It’s likely that people will only know fragmented pieces of you.
Foodie, comedian, registered nurse, enthusiastic debater, armchair political commentator, armchair movie critic, fiercely loyal friend, book lover, amateur photographer, mother, diabetic, bargain shopper or soccer player.
All of those things could be you. But who are you online, really?
Tracking women’s menstrual cycles used to be the domain of websites concerned with conception and fertility.
Here are two websites tracking cycles for different reasons– one to assist any women needing help to follow her cycle from month to month, and the other for… well… men.
HER WEB LIFE covers the best of the web for Australian women. We bring you everything from web news & great website picks to guides on creating your own website!
Social networks, the best shopping, modern parenting, internet marketing and creative business models– this is the web Australian women are creating and living today.
There are people out there who want the Comic Sans font to die a quick death. Never has a mere font created such disgust or a reputation for plain ickiness.
Why read the life updates and views (even ravings!) of an individual when there is so much else to read on the net?
Because we’re human, and we like to know what other people think and feel. We also like to know what they know, especially if it can benefit us in some way.
Your life on the web
Posted on June 15th, 2009