For a long time, my son was busting to have his own Facebook page. For a long time, I refused. “You’re too young,” I said. “Facebook is for grown-ups,”... [read more]

[Welcome to a Mamamia Best-Of holiday post where I get to take a little break while keeping you entertained with some of the most popular posts from days gone... [read more]

Sorry but I'm calling bullshit on this one. Another day, another amusing name for a group of people and today's candidates are.....MetroTEXTuals. Geddit? This is... [read more]

Mine wasn't so much a dinner table as my lap. Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the Media140 conference which was about journalism in the age of social media... [read more]

Oh where to start. It's not often that issues like social media, miscarriage and abortion collide in one news story but welcome to The World 2.0. The short version... [read more]

I think I’m losing my social skills. The evidence is mounting and it’s becoming hard to ignore. Consider this: I prefer emails and texts to voices. My mobile... [read more]

This post could also be titled "The Mia Culpa files". When I sat down to read The Australian on the weekend, I wasn't expecting to see my own name... [read more]

Here I am on the phone in 1981.How can I be in my thirties and already referencing The Olden Days? I always imagined I’d be much closer to my superannuation before... [read more]

Sometimes I look at something and I don't quite know what I think. Sometimes, I need to just share it with you and absorb your responses to help formulate my own.... [read more]

“I reckon I’ve been alone for maybe 10 minutes this entire week” I huffed to a girlfriend recently. I heard a sharp intake of breath before she went very... [read more]