The truth about Apple and audiobooks

This story does not (yet) end happily. I knew I'd buy an Apple watch...but my rationalization was that it would consolidate my other wearables for audiobooks and fitness. For books, I'd buy the watch so I could finally give up my ancient and … [Continue reading]

Perfect pitch at Yankee Stadium

Dylan's first baseball game. The weather was glorious. Got to shake hands and congratulate Manuel Espinoza, who rode American Pharaoh to Triple Crown victory the day before. Had the best hot dog ever. And oh yes, the Yankees won, 5 - … [Continue reading]

Happy birthday, Sala of Sala’s Gift, Sala of Letters to Sala, and real Sala, my mom.

For those who know her as a character in a book or play, my mother is an idea and an inspiration. For my family and me, she's our real SALA and our beloved mother and grandmother and greatgrandmother. All those Salas come together in notes from … [Continue reading]

Turns out, I’m addicted to Chrome. #needintervention

I did have a quick rebound relationship with Firefox.  (Got to change this analogy, it's kinda creepy, I agree.) But it turns out that my iPad is more important than I realized.  If I made a piechart of my online usage, i'd now say that … [Continue reading]

But-but-but Firefox is helpless on iPads. What now?

Turns out that Eric Limer and I must have been having the same Chrome moment.  (thanks, Carie, for pointing this out!).  As he put it on Gizmodo just this week, F* it, I'm going back to Firefox.  And that great graphic, see above! But he is … [Continue reading]

Chrome cost me a week of productivity. Firefox, anyone?

Chrome kept crashing.  It has been a few months since the "Snap" message made me smile with indulgent amusement.  I was not amused. I deleted, re-installed:  same thing. So when a message popped up that my flash settings were outmoded, or … [Continue reading]

Dead malls would make great tech incubators.

There have been a spate of articles lately about dead shopping malls.  Here's one from Green Acres. I'm a little too old to have been a teenage mall rat.  For me, the Nanuet Mall will always be the monster that ate the cute little town of Spring … [Continue reading]

Who was your Fletcher? I’m listening to Charlie Parker and thinking about #Whiplash. You must see it.

I bet we have all had a Fletcher, someone who wanted the best from us. Or is it someone who wanted the best and got it in the worst way? Or is it someone who had absolutely no idea what our best was....and was just a sadistic bastard? I have … [Continue reading]

Twitter makes me lazy. #TEDXCUNY

It's so easy to post on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  I mean, they don't make me lazy, really, I do that to myself, but they do enable the soundbite that defeats any attempt at nuance or a complex message. So I'm inspired by today's FIRST … [Continue reading]

Top 10 things to listen while beach walking and you don’t have a great audiobook* This is the summer of Swell.

I usually listen to audiobooks while walking in solitary happiness on the beaches of Fire Island.  Look -- i took this picture this morning, isn't it beautiful?   So far this summer, I’ve finished Emma, Decode, and The Fault in Our Stars.  (Go … [Continue reading]