by Lynn Lipinski | Sep 15, 2020 | Essays and Features, Oklahoma, Personal, Unsolicited advice
Summer camp is not just a rite of passage, but also a fine social experiment in making friends, overcoming homesickness and trying new things. A week at summer camp in Robber’s Cave State Park in Oklahoma’s Sans Bois Mountains when I was 12 brought me a...
by Lynn Lipinski | Jan 21, 2020 | Essays and Features, Personal, PR, Unsolicited advice
Just like that, 2020 is underway. Writers and content strategists like me have cycled through our year-end round-ups and predictions for the new year. My crystal ball is pretty hazy these days, but my hindsight vision scores a perfect 20/20 (haha). The new year marks...
by Lynn Lipinski | Jul 6, 2017 | Essays and Features, Technology, Unsolicited advice
I have more digital passwords than keys, and without a handy key ring and visual clues like a Hello Kitty key cap, I’m having a hard time keeping them straight. Add to that the cautions of most info security professionals to avoid using the same passwords across...
by Lynn Lipinski | Oct 12, 2012 | Technology, Unsolicited advice
A study released by the International Telecommunication Union yesterday showed the world has about six billion mobile phone subscriptions — one billion are in China, another billion are in India. We’re rapidly approaching a time when we can say there are...
by Lynn Lipinski | Mar 16, 2011 | Essays and Features, Unsolicited advice
Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear plant explosions have prompted thousands of news segments and blog posts on risk. Here in Los Angeles, we’re being inundated with risk calculations from experts and officials on a variety of...
by Lynn Lipinski | Nov 7, 2010 | Unsolicited advice
Department stores are decked out for Christmas, and the turkey cooking hotlines have operators waiting to assist you with Thanksgiving dinner questions, and I’m thinking about spring. No, I’m not a scrooge looking to get the holidays over as quickly as...