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, […]
Perfect pitch at Yankee Stadium
June 9, 2015 by
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 […]
Happy birthday, Sala of Sala’s Gift, Sala of Letters to Sala, and real Sala, my mom.
March 5, 2015 by
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 […]
Turns out, I’m addicted to Chrome. #needintervention
February 15, 2015 by
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 […]
But-but-but Firefox is helpless on iPads. What now?
February 14, 2015 by
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, […]
Chrome cost me a week of productivity. Firefox, anyone?
February 13, 2015 by
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 […]
Dead malls would make great tech incubators.
January 8, 2015 by
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 […]
Who was your Fletcher? I’m listening to Charlie Parker and thinking about #Whiplash. You must see it.
January 4, 2015 by
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? […]
Twitter makes me lazy. #TEDXCUNY
November 17, 2014 by
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 […]
Top 10 things to listen while beach walking and you don’t have a great audiobook* This is the summer of Swell.
July 3, 2014 by
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 […]