Disingenuous modesty or embarrassing self-praise

Writing about personal achievements and proud moments isn’t as easy as it sounds. You have to find a balance between disingenuous modesty and embarrassing self-praise. Thinking about it, two distinct fields of personal achievement immediately come to my mind: my family and my lifelong passion for the English language.

Better safe than sorry

“That depends entirely on who is using them.” This was my fifteen-year-old daughter’s prompt reply when I asked her whether social media were a blessing or a curse.

Nowadays, many people take social media like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace for granted as commodities of daily life. Without giving any thought to their possible disadvantages or even dangers. For someone like me who grew up in a world without computers and has gone to great lengths to acquire basic computer skills, there’ll always be a certain amount of reservation about digital media.