Anne Katherine-Boundaries in An Overconnected World

Published: Oct. 18, 2013, midnight

b'Join the Positively Incorrect ! Newsletter HERE \\xa0Scott Cluthe interviews Anne Katherine Live Thursday on her new book, Boundaries in An Overconnected World from New World Libray. \\xa0 Over the past decade, 24-7 connectivity has given us not only convenience and fun but worries about privacy, intrusions into family time, and new compulsions \\u2014 from shopping to tweeting and cute cat watching. \\xa0 Anne Katherine, one of the first authors to bring healthy boundary setting to a mass audience, has now written a book on how to do this with technology. Rather than rejecting online life, Katherine shows readers how to make social media, smartphones, and other innovations work for, rather than against, them. \\xa0 Readers learn to protect themselves online \\u2014 from predators and data mining as well as from time-devouring friends and acquaintances \\u2014 with an emphasis on preserving and optimizing meaningful personal connections. Anyone who has ever wondered if their cute little gadget was actually an enemy invader will welcome Katherine\\u2019s strategies for ensuring that \\u201cyour life is truly your own.\\u201d'