Just about everyone likes ice cream. However, in our technological world, why must I prove, via the grocery store’s app, that I deserve a coupon for my favorite treat? I walked up to the checkout counter with two half-gallons of ice cream, excited after seeing the advertisement plastered on the glass door right in front … Read more
Living in our world today challenges us to keep up with technology, and we are sometimes sarcastically reminded to “just keep up with the program.” Most of us try. For instance, when traveling with our cell phones outside of the United States, we most likely had to purchase a Subscriber Identity Module—that’s a SIM … Read more
Living in a technological world, can you imagine the precision required to account for “the Earth’s angular velocity in its elliptical orbit and its axial tilt to approximate when the sun actually crosses the Greenwich Meridian?” According to the equation of time, the difference could be as much as 16 minutes! Whew! Time for me … Read more
Living in a technological world, I have to wonder: is it really faster to use a telephone app at a gas pump than a card? Let me explain. I pulled up behind a car at a gas pump and noticed a refined individual standing by the car door with their back to me, fiddling with … Read more
In our technological world, I still remember starting a new career, staring at the computer in front of me, and thinking, “How do I turn this on?” Now, when I call a business, I can’t seem to turn off artificial intelligence to talk to a real person—the one I actually need to solve the problem. … Read more
Since I live in everybody else’s technological world, I recently learned my Mac computer is not compatible with Microsoft systems making a simple task arduous.. Perhaps Snake Plissken was right when at the end of the movie, Escape from L.A., he wipes out all technology in the world. But then….how could my editor, Jessica Tilles, … Read more
People probably laugh, at least to themselves if not out loud, when they read the opening to my weekly post ‘it is a technological thing’. I can handle the smirk sent my way when I admit I still can’t cut and paste. Shame on me. On a positive note: Your author will be at the … Read more
Since our human universe has become a technological thing I have to learn and adapt kicking and screaming. My three-and-one-half-year-old granddaughter is here in Myrtle Beach with her parents from Charles Town, WV. Her tabula rasa mind soaks in every sight and sound. Magical, magnificent, and mysterious. Beach walks, word, and number play; it … Read more
Since a techno thing has entered every facet of our lives, only our dreams are safe. More on that next time. My editor has my manuscript, *TIME TO TELL*, in her hands, and so far, she has only sent me positive comments. So, perhaps we will only have short debates between author (me) and editor … Read more
It will always be a technological thing. You know I was in Sussex, WI for a book signing event. Wonderful event with multiple books also sold and signed on the airplane going and coming back home. People still like to read – thank goodness for us authors who still have something to say in our … Read more