Andrea Weckerle

Andrea Weckerle writes about cybercivility, online communications, knowledge dissemination, and other subjects.

Online hostility has been around since the “early days” of online forums and message boards, but with the rise of social networking sites and the increasing ease of online participation, it’s become even more widespread.
Two years ago awareness about the issue was drawn to the forefront after the much-publicized death threats received by Kathy Sierra. [...]

The pudgy contours of human infants at birth are a natural occurrence associated with extra body fat intended to increase newborns’ survival rate in times of decreased access to nourishment. But when older children still carry around the “baby fat” that looks adorable on newborns, it is a serious health problem.
Childhood obesity isn’t an issue [...]