E075: Gary Bender and Linda Criddle on April 15, 2011 | archived on

Guest: singer/songwriter Gary Bender and Online Safety Expert Linda Criddle. Gary Bender is a singer/songwriter, native of the New Jersey music scene. Mixing his love for pop music, heartfelt lyrics and a knack for melodies, Gary and co, have continually pushed themselves as songwriters and performers. His new record "Ride of Your Life" was produced by Rob Freeman (Hit the Lights, Cobra Starship, Racing Kites, etc) is due out next month! Linda Criddle is founder of LOOKBOTHWAYS, Inc. Before establishing the company, Criddle spent 13 years at Microsoft where she was a pioneer in online safety for the MSN division and more broadly for the entire company. She is author of the award-winning consumer-oriented book, Look Both Ways: Help Protect Your Family on the Internet, and Using the Internet Safely for Seniors For Dummies. Criddle has also contributed a chapter titled How to say YES to your kids’ online activities in the book Courageous Parents, Confident Kids, and she has written “Internet Safety for Educators,” a distance-learning course offered through Washington State University and through the University of Alaska. Criddle has collaborated with local, state, national and international law enforcement agencies, primarily helping with investigations into the online activities of child predators, and teaching digital forensics. She also works with government organizations in the U.S. and around the world to prepare online safety regulations and legislation. Criddle is also president of the Safe Internet Alliance whose mission is to promote a safe Internet, and better educate and protect all users, especially children, teens and the elderly, from online exploitation.