Keynote speaker Steve Almond has a nice short piece in Salon that some of us old-timers can probably relate to:
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/26/why_i_refuse_to_text_message/

BWC guest author Elissa Schappell weighs in on the breakup of Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore:
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/18/how_could_kim_gordon_and_thurston_moore_divorce/singleton/