I'm going to say something very unpopular here. Prepare for a get-off-mah-lawn rant...I'm tired of kids with cell phones. I'm tired of seeing kids with their fingers pushing buttons or their faces in a screen all the time. I'm tired of the lack of eye contact and reliance on a … [Read more...] about Eyes Up, Phones Down
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Too Much Screen Time
Do you sometimes wonder what you did before the days of wifi internet and social media? We regard wifi as a right and cannot live without it. We have phones smarter than us and in an ironic twist, social media sucks the social skills out of real people interactions. I'm … [Read more...] about Too Much Screen Time
Apple of My Eye – 5:00 Fridays
People everywhere from West Podunk to the people who live under a proverbial rock have heard the news. Steve Jobs died. The icon who made icons and apps ubiquitous. The man who showed us that style and functionality are not mutually exclusive. He touched even me, a decidedly … [Read more...] about Apple of My Eye – 5:00 Fridays
Steve Jobs, You Touched Us All
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." Steve Jobs was not a maker of machines. Never mind that I am writing this very post on a MacBook. I've been using an Apple since it's early days, with a brief, completely unsatisfying … [Read more...] about Steve Jobs, You Touched Us All
Nintendo 3DS – OMG
My head hurts. And not because I spent a lot of hours on a cross country jaunt to Nintendo's North American headquarters in Seattle or because I spent an excruciating amount of time in O'Hare on a layover. I got to visit Nintendo HQ to see the new Nintendo 3DS, one wildly … [Read more...] about Nintendo 3DS – OMG
Digital Downsides
When I wrote my college history thesis back in 1990 I spent hours poking around the stacks at Alderman Library. It was dank, musty, and oh so very creepy. I had to cite primary resources, and there was no such thing as the Internet. I endured many a paper cut thumbing through old … [Read more...] about Digital Downsides
Cell Phones for Teens Don’t Need Bells & Whistles
Every time I see a teenager's head down staring into a tiny screen, thumbs tapping away on a cell phone, I shiver just a tish. I can't help but be haunted by a story I heard while at the Yahoo! Motherboard Summit last summer. "If just one boy had hit delete my daughter … [Read more...] about Cell Phones for Teens Don’t Need Bells & Whistles