carol’s blog

How has technology changed the way you watch movies and listen to music?
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It's great being able to buy just that one song - that one song that you just want playing on repeat on your ipod - but you don't really like the artist enough to buy his/her/their CD.

How have technology and the Internet changed the way your family spends time together?
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It helps me keep in touch with family members I don't usually get to see often.

Do you remember the things you did when you first started using the Web and how it has changed your life?

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Email and chatting changed the way I regularly communicate with people.

What’s the first thing you do when you log on to your computer every day?

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Check my email... all four accounts :)

What’s the best Christmas gift you’ve ever received?
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How will you use technology or the Internet to help you plan and prepare this year’s Thanksgiving feast?
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Online recipes.

Small businesses can lead us to new and better ways of working and thinking. What do you find inspiring about the small businesses in your community?
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Without the brand to back them up, small businesses really have to rely on offering something worthwhile to bring in the customers and keep them coming back.  I've found that (usually) small businesses offer more quality products and are more attentive and friendly.

What are things you can do today because of technology that you couldn't do five years ago?
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Look up directions WHILE in the car.  So crucial when you have no sense of direction.

What vacations would you most like to take in the next five years?
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Korea to finally meet extended family members.  I just need to practice my Korean in the meantime and probably learn all my family members' names.  Backpacking through Europe would be nice too...

just watched call + response, a documentary about human trafficking and slavery, and walking out of the theater, i was pretty much shocked and speechless.

i knew it existed.  i've heard about it, read about it... but it just didn't seem very "real" until i saw the film.

• Slave traders made $32 BILLION last year alone.  That's more than Nike+Google+Starbucks combined.
  
• There are 27 million slaves in the world today.
• The Federal Government estimates that up to 17,000 slaves are trafficked into the U.S. every year.
• There are more slaves in the world today than at any other time in human history.
  

and it really is something that happens in our own backyard.  for four years, i walked past the restaurant pasand in downtown berkeley with no idea of its connection to sex and labor slavery.

and it's very likely that i have something in my closet or refrigerator or inside my cell phone that was made by a slave.  slavery is literally an industry.  it's a lucrative business.

the commodity?  humans.
the consumers?  all of us, whether we know it or not.