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 beloved Apple Nano, which I had already replaced several times on Ebay. […]
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 hot dog ever. And oh yes, the Yankees won, 5 – 2! Expecting something profound from me? Nah, just celebrating a happy Sunday to remember. […]
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 and our beloved mother and grandmother and greatgrandmother. All those Salas come together in notes from strangers who feel like family. In the photo below, students […]
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 I realized. If I made a piechart of my online usage, i’d now say that iPad/computer is about 50/50. And I”m hooked on integration with […]
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, F* it, I’m going back to Firefox. And that great graphic, see above! But he is entirely happy with his switch, while I’m still hung […]
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 a message popped up that my flash settings were outmoded, or something, I figured, hey! maybe the crashes are due to that. As soon as […]
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 me, the Nanuet Mall will always be the monster that ate the cute little town of Spring Valley, New York, where teenage me admired the […]
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? Or is it someone who had absolutely no idea what our best was….and was just a sadistic bastard? I have had a few Fletchers in […]
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 defeats any attempt at nuance or a complex message. So I’m inspired by today’s FIRST TEDX@CUNY conference to post my opening remarks. I also do 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 this summer, I’ve finished Emma, Decode, and The Fault in Our Stars. (Go ahead, analyze me.) But I needed a break after that remarkable trio. […]