Dad would be celebrating today. He was horrified to see his brethren die on that tragic day when the towers collapsed. We talked in the days after the events of 9/11 about the job that the men of FDNY were doing. I could hear the pain in his voice. As a nation, we rallied around [...]
Most days, I’m firmly in the camp of people who believe that technology makes our lives better. We have access to information in unprecedented ways in human history. And make now doubt about it, information is powerful. It can enrich our lives. In some cases it saves lives. Sometimes, I wonder though, whether we are [...]
Increasingly, I spend most of my time on the computer in a browser. Okay, almost all of my time is in a browser, and even when it’s not, I usually wish it was. (I’m saddled with Lotus Notes at the office, and I really would love to just have a good webmail interface in its [...]
I should not be amazed by technology because I am part of the technology world. But I am. My first web browsing experience was with a text based browser called “lynx.” I was in my early twenties when Netscape 1.1 was released. I survived “the browser wars” my favorite browser of the time didn’t, but [...]
Last night at 8:09 PM Eastern, I tweeted: making applesauce from old apples, mentally transitioning into a week at the office This morning at 2:44 AM Eastern, Motts began following me on twitter. I’m fairly certain that nobody at Motts is actually reading my tweets. I’m also fairly certain that no person at Motts is [...]