Posted on 02/18/2018 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Twitter, Medtronic
Facebook's algorithms are in the news a lot these days, and with good reason. But this isn't about Facebook. I've been thinking about algorithms in general lately. This has been brought on by my wife's insulin pump, the Medtronic 670G. It's the first closed loop pump approved by the FDA …
Posted on 02/08/2018 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Twitter
It's been about 5 months since The Great Facebook Unfollowing. If you are wondering how its going, you probably aren't subscribed to my newsletter, as the evils of Facebook and social media are pretty much a weekly occurrence in it. I don't miss Facebook. At all.
I haven't quit completely …
Posted on 12/19/2017 in misc • Tagged with Facebook, Internet, Family, Christmas
So, about that theory that by mostly quitting Facebook I'd write more here... I have been sending an email newsletter every week though.
A lot has happened since my last post back in September. The big news is that we have bailed out of the Washington DC area rat race …
Posted on 09/17/2017 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook
Over the past few months my morning routine when checking Facebook has been to scroll through the "On This Day" posts from previous years, and delete everything that is not a photo or remembrance of me doing something fun with friends or family. It turns out that I don't even …
Posted on 06/21/2017 in misc • Tagged with Books, Internet, Facebook, Twitter, Google
SECRETS ARE LIES
SHARING IS CARING
PRIVACY IS THEFT
That is the mantra of The Circle, the fictional but all too plausible social media company that destroys Facebook, Twitter, Google and Instagram in the social media game in the Dave Eggers novel, The Circle. (It was also just released as …
Posted on 04/17/2017 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Privacy
Happy Easter or Passover or whatever you may be celebrating today. In our home, today was Chris sitting on the couch recovering from food poisoning day. I did most of my suffering between 2 AM and 6 AM, so I was able to enjoy a traditional Easter ham dinner with …
Posted on 02/01/2017 in misc • Tagged with Politics, Internet, Facebook, Twitter
We are less than two weeks into the reign of Trump the Orange. How are you holding up? I'm pretty much exhausted. This is a quick, off the-top-of-my-head list of the things that are causing me to wake up 2 or 3 times a night.
Posted on 12/29/2016 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Blogs, Christmas
Back before the Internet, many of us sent out lots of Christmas cards every year. For many people on your Christmas card list, it was the only contact you would have with that person every year. Long distance phone calls were stupid expensive back then. So once a year you …
Posted on 10/09/2016 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Google
This is the first in what I hope will be a somewhat regular (3X a week?) series of quick blog posts about whatever I'm thinking about. A few years ago I decided to make my blog a repository for longer writing, and now I'm changing my mind and making an …
Posted on 10/21/2015 in misc • Tagged with Life, Personal, Facebook
Facebook keeps asking me to add a hometown to my profile. I haven't, because I honestly don't know what to put there. I spent my first 18 years on a variety of military bases all over the world, never spending more than 4 years in one place. I think my …
Posted on 09/11/2015 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook
I downloaded my Facebook history and pulled out my 2007 updates. This is probably only interesting to me, but then again this is my blog.
Monday, November 26, 2007 is twittering: Launched a new website - http://parentaltech.com - A tech blog for parents
Saturday, November 24, 2007 is twittering: Why …
Posted on 06/29/2014 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook
Posted on 04/15/2014 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
Posted on 10/01/2012 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Employment
Posted on 09/16/2012 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs
Posted on 08/20/2012 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Blogs, Facebook
Posted on 12/20/2011 in misc • Tagged with Facebook, Internet
Posted on 01/29/2011 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook
Posted on 10/09/2009 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Facebook, Marriage
Posted on 06/13/2009 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Twitter, Facebook