Spamming is so competitive and widespread, it might as well be an Olympic sport.
Finally, it has unofficially become one. It’s time for women’s boxing to take a back seat.… Read the rest
Category Archives: Technology & Life
Oops! I emailed the wrong person!
My address book has reached a critical mass whereby a significant percentage of the names are similar, and some are the same.
Why does that matter?
My propensity to select the wrong person and email address has gone up significantly in the past year.… Read the rest
Handwritten Notes: Smart People Take Them While Ignorant People Don’t
One of this site’s most read posts is about the resurrection of handwritten letters. If you haven’t yet read it, I suggest you do. It’s quality work! 🙂
Riffing on that idea, I recently unpacked (for a MediaPost column) the importance of handwritten notes…… Read the rest
Giving Your Kids Smartphones
As part of The Digital Joneses project I’m doing with other “mommy” and “daddy” bloggers, and with Trend Micro, one of our challenges is “Staying Connected on the Go.” We were asked to refrain from using a laptop for a 24-hour period and, instead, rely entirely on a smartphone to interact with online social media and networking sites, and engage in other activities like shopping and banking.… Read the rest
Primitive Simplicity (Video & Essay)
A few days ago, we landed safely in New York Harbor after sailing over 1,000 miles, nonstop, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. on my family’s 46-foot sloop (a Swan 46 to be exact). I was with my dad, my five-year-old son Julian, and two additional experienced sailing friends.… Read the rest