The Current Digital Divide–Instant Gratification Anyone?
When a link to my daughter’s online wedding registry was sent to some aunts and uncles, it created some confusion. They had never seen an online registry before and couldn’t figure out how to find the...
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I received so many public and private comments from readers about my last post on Internet usage (see “The Current Digital Divide”–Instant Gratification Anyone?), that I started to think some more...
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Genealogy–Seeking Connections Past and Future
How much do we know about our own parents, let alone grandparents? To one degree or another the lives of our parents remain a mystery. Some families assign the responsibility of “family historian” to...
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News as Political Agenda: Whatever Happened to Cronkite?
Our news programs have become promoters of a political agenda, no longer a broadcast of both sides of a position. But isn’t that what Walter Cronkite did–present both sides? Instead we watch Fox...
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Facebook and the Internet–Let’s Face It
A lot of online social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter in particular, rest on the human need for connection. For letting people into your life, no matter how insignificant the post may be....
View ArticleThe Current Digital Divide–Instant Gratification Anyone?
When a link to my daughter’s online wedding registry was sent to some aunts and uncles, it created some confusion. They had never seen an online registry before and couldn’t figure out how to find the...
View ArticleSocial Networking–A Mixed Bag of Tricks
I received so many public and private comments from readers about my last post on Internet usage (see “The Current Digital Divide”–Instant Gratification Anyone?), that I started to think some more...
View ArticleGenealogy–Seeking Connections Past and Future
How much do we know about our own parents, let alone grandparents? To one degree or another the lives of our parents remain a mystery. Some families assign the responsibility of “family historian” to...
View ArticleNews as Political Agenda: Whatever Happened to Cronkite?
Our news programs have become promoters of a political agenda, no longer a broadcast of both sides of a position. But isn’t that what Walter Cronkite did–present both sides? Instead we watch Fox News...
View ArticleFacebook and the Internet–Let’s Face It
A lot of online social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter in particular, rest on the human need for connection. For letting people into your life, no matter how insignificant the post may be....
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