February 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Teens & Tweens Get a Conference To Call Their Own
Posted on February 26, 2012 by adam · 1 Comment
Teens and Tweens Get a Conference to Call Their Own First of its kind Digital Family Summit holds inaugural conference in Philadelphia June 29-July 1, 2012 Philadelphia, PA February 22, 2012 The old adage about families who play together is about to get a 21st century twist. The Digital Family Summit, a conference for teens, tweens [...]
PROFILE: Ben Paster, Entrepreneur
Posted on February 26, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
Ben Paster is a 17 year old self-professed entrepreneur from outside of the Boston area. When you go to his personal website, a brief scroll tells you: Do Something Different. It Doesn’t Have to Be Amazing. Or Revolutionary. Just Different. In a letter to his fans, Ben explains his path towards entrepreneurship as a combination [...]
EVENT: Teen Tech Week March 4-10, 2012
Posted on February 23, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
Teen Tech Week is a national initiative sponsored by YALSA , the Young Adult Library Services Association,and is aimed at teens, their parents, educators and other concerned adults. The purpose of the initiative is to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries such as DVDs, databases, [...]
PROFILE: Nick Normile: Foodie At 15 (now 19!)
Posted on February 20, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
4 years ago, Nick Normile, a teenager in the Philadelphia suburbs, started a blog about his passion, food. Other than being a foodie, he was (and is) a pretty normal kid. He ran cross country, The blog http://www.foodieatfifteen.blogspot.com wasn’t an ordinary blog– it quickly became a bit of a sensation. It was nominated for the [...]
PROFILE: Tavi Gevinson, The Style Rookie & Rookie Mag
Posted on February 18, 2012 by adam · Leave a Comment
Tavi Gevinson is kind of a teen blogging dream. She started her style blog The Style Rookie when she was 12, and now 3 years later, she is considered a force in the fashion industry, a style maker, and the editor in chief of Rookie Mag, an online magazine for teenage girls that publishes 3 [...]
