This is another installment of “Not Just for Geeks,” in which I try to give non-technies insight into technologies I find interesting. The previous one was about Magical iPhone Technologies. {Braced comments are for other iPad users.} Wait: don’t go! Even if you’re not a self-professed geek, you may find something of interest here. When […]
Category: Technology
E-Calendars Anonymous
Hi everyone. My name is Kim. I’m an e-calendar-aholic, and this is my first time at one of these meetings. “Welcome, Kim,” said the group of about 5, seated in the windowless, cinder block room, with orange, white, blue, and beige cabling covering the ceiling. “Kim,” said the leader, a white woman in her mid-thirties […]
Words: A Foible
Luxurious words come to me, particularly when I write. Aegis. Austere. Foible. Gibe. The sounds are part and parcel of the words. They say to me, aurally, what they mean. Loquacious: my son. Then I worry that the word that has appeared in my mind isn’t accurate. Maybe I’m using the wrong one. Aegis: according […]
Not Just for Geeks: Magical [iPhone] Technologies
I’ve been writing this blog for a little while now, and haven’t yet given in to The Geek Side. I can keep it at bay no longer. Technology may scare or, what?, even bore some of you. If this describes you, please give this blog post a try anyway. You may never want to take […]