Collecting My Thoughts

Yesterday about 12 hardy residents (it was cold and windy) went to Fairfield County, Ohio, to see Rock Mill, part of the county park system...

Four years ago I wrote this. Nothing much has changed. Not only do I not know how to use a smart phone as many my age do, but I don’t know ...

BBC News article includes extensive history, narrative, graphics, photos and insight into how and why Amazon collects massive amounts of da...

There's a lot of good news out there if only the liberal media would let you in on it. The U.S. Census Bureau’s latest report on income ...

“The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL – U.S. Department of Commerce) has become an open access resource, following a decision made b...

Amazing. 100 years ago the largest, most valuable companies actually had products!. The only one I can see that made it through is Standard...

I'm not the least bit concerned about the underrepresentation of women in the tech industry. Those companies hire those who can make the...

A relatively recent development that psychological scientists must account for is the role of technology in helping siblings stay in cont...

"The global incidence of extreme poverty has gone down from almost 100% in the 19th century, to 10.7% in 2013. While this is a great ac...

In case you were curious how #operationipadelimination was going... Well, I'm pleased to say we are well over a month iPad free...

Monday I needed to replace the black cartridge in my HP Deskjet 3520, and the paper came out white!  Two people worked on it, we followed al...

are a thing of the past. Now that I've tried blogging and posting to Facebook using my i-pad mini, I can see why people are using shor...

Periodically, I do a “fast” of Facebook or Blogging.  I sign off.  But when I return, there’s just as much posting as before.  Maybe more.  ...

I was really getting into the article about 6 ways smartphones and social media are changing Christians, and then read the final paragraph, ...

The survey, " Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding ," conducted in 2012, involved more than 2,220 Americans ...

When I went to college in the 1950s and 1960s, and even later when I returned to make up a math class I didn’t have as an undergrad, or a re...

When we bought our home on Abington Rd. in 1968, it was our third, and I was 28, my husband 29. Other than the mortgage (paid off in 1988), ...

Using a person's social network information instead of a resume? Based on the remarks, jokes, and opinions I've seen on blogs, Twit...

Interview with Wired Magazine 1996 I used to think that technology could help education. I’ve probably spearheaded giving away more compu...

Today I control more electronic gadgets in a day in my own house than what I would do in a year in 1977 when I returned to work in a high te...