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How to Survive a Sunday With No Internet
— This is what we call a first world problem. It’s not even actually a problem as much as it is a situation. Actually, it’s more of an inconvenience than anything else. Writing and working from home...
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The Fabric of Real New York and the People Who Make it Awesome
The fabric of real New York is often obscured by exasperation. The city’s too expensive, too crowded, too corporate and has sold out to international investors parking nefarious earnings in apartments...
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Technology and the Change of Habits
An interesting comment thread in Slashdot, “Slashdot asks: do you (ever) shut down your computer?” provides some insight into how the way we use our devices has changed over time. When, many years ago,...
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Standing up to Work
I sit a lot. Really, a lot. Between work, eating and TV/R&R time; I estimate I sit an average of 14 hours a day — add in sleeping, and I’m not standing more than 20 hours out of every day. And...
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5 Things You Shouldn’t Do on Your Work Computer
— February 5, 2020 Nowadays, most modern jobs provide work computers. It is essential to get things done. But sometimes people start to loosen up and use a work computer for work-unrelated matters. And...
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Avoiding Decline in Reading Skills
— Maintaining reading skills in an increasingly iconic culture. QUESTION: You can help your sons avoid the current decline in child reading skills by: A. Joining and regularly visiting a library with...
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Dispatches from the Western Front: Virtual Humanity
In These Times If you’re homebound like so many people around the world are right now, you’ve become quite familiar with live video conferencing. Zoom, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, they are all a way of...
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How Is Chess Thriving in the Era of Videogames?
By Gregorio Chess is among the oldest games in the world. It is believed that it originated in its earliest form in India as early as the 6th century and from there on evolved until it reached its...
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Technicians of The Future
The Same Wonder Clearing out the garage, I found a box of my old View Masters and the reels that came with them. I had an array of reels. Disney classics, the Peanuts, Casper the Friendly Ghost, The...
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When The Masks Come Down
Playing It Cool For years I’ve bought my computers refurbished from a local shop in a hipster neighborhood in my city. The proprietors are young, slick-looking guys that wear flip-flops to work....
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The First Day of Un-school
“He’ll be fine.” You always remember your kid’s first day of kindergarten. For my eldest son, the day was a combination of festive and wistful. Parents and kids lined up in the special area for...
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Can Computers Surprise Us?
We have devised machines that help us keep track of time, cultivate the earth, mend our bodies, survey the skies… the list goes on. Some aim to overcome specific physical limitations; other machines...
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Confident People Don’t Stick Around at the Office
By Laura Berlinsky-Schine We know boundaries are important — in fact, they’re pivotal to separating your personal and professional lives. But sometimes, they’re difficult to enforce. This is the...
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Falling in Love With Someone Who Doesn’t Exist
Our imagination is a powerful computer We’re now going on the second generation of teenagers hitting adolescence in a digitally enhanced, dating app, social media world where the majority of their...
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He’s Just So Different (Five Tips for Raising a Non-Traditional Son)
Growing up an American male in the 70s and 80s, there were clearly defined models and expectations for our lives. Men liked sports and cars and were expected to either go to college or the military,...
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The Thing About Technology Is That We All Have It
Prolonged Tech Engagement The thing about technology is that we all have it, and we have it all the time. We can look at our phones and computers and tablets and fall into a trance within seconds....
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Why Kids Should Learn to Spell Today
My mother immigrated with her family to the United States when she was a young girl. She learned to write, read, and speak the English language from comic books, newspapers and television and would...
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11 Keyboard Shortcuts Every Writer (and Computer User) Should Know
Growing up my whole life as a member of Gen Z, I spent hours a day on the computer playing video games. It was a waste of time, but I also learned a lot about computers, and shortcuts navigating...
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4 Ways to Boost Your Sleep Hygiene
By Katherine Fan As the first quarter of the year comes to a close, it’s time to check back in with yourself regarding your 2023 health goals. Do you feel like you’re off to a good start, or do you...
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Is Blue Light Good or Bad for You?
Cowritten by Charlie Huntington and Tchiki Davis. Blue light is light of a certain wavelength that can be emitted or reflected by a variety of materials and surfaces (Okuno et al., 2002). By its...
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