I’m currently rereading Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky, a must-read for any journalist who wants to remain employable/understand what the hell is happening to our profession. The book chronicles how Web 2.0 technologies are revolutionizing our world and the way we socialize with one another via these technologies.

Growing up I was embarrassed by where I lived. And even today, some of my closest friends don’t know the details of my childhood. When my parents divorced my mother went back to work after being a stay-at-home mom for years. She tried to maintain our lifestyle, but eventually we had to move into government-subsidized housing, a cluster of apartments thirty minutes south of our old home.