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Worth exclaiming: It’s National Punctuation Day!
This Saturday, September 24th, is National Punctuation Day. Many of us writers have pet peeves about punctuation and can cite ferocious battles with copy editors over things like semicolons, the serial...
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Making rain with cloud computing
Every few years, some big trend comes along in the technology industry that drives marketing spending through the roof. It creates a flood of advertising in the trade publications and a tsunami of...
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In a flat world, what price citizenship?
“I thought of myself as a global citizen.” That was what Eduardo Saverin said last week in trying to defend his renunciation of U.S. citizenship before his wealth was set to skyrocket with the IPO of...
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Speak to me: how writers tell their stories
In a recent essay in The Atlantic – “Siri, Take This Down: Will Voice Control Shape Our Writing?” – Robert Rosenberger ponders how voice recognition technology will affect the written word. Just as...
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ASJA conference reminds me how lucky I am
When I said goodbye at the end of the annual conference of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), held in New York City last week, there were hugs all around. Over the previous three...
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When it comes to fashion, tech men rule
I always admired Steve Jobs, but not for the reason you think. The world admired him for bringing creative, beautiful designs to high tech. I admired his clothing, which was practical, comfortable and...
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Onboard technology that makes driving safer? Don’t buy it.
I bought a new car recently. It came with a built-in navigation system, hands-free calling and voice commands. I didn’t ask for these features. I don’t want them. They endanger my life and the lives of...
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When technology flies under the government’s radar, it’s dangerous
Sometimes, the government’s inability to keep up with technology is laughable. For example, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham recently told NBC’s Meet the Press, rather proudly, that he...
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People and cars: an unhealthy relationship
Hey, let’s sit in a big metal box and hurl it down the road at 70-plus miles per hour, with other metal boxes coming at us just as fast. It didn’t start out that way. When cars were invented in the...
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Read a banned book this week
Have you ever read a banned book? If you read, you have. The list of books that have been challenged somewhere in the United States is astounding. It includes many classics. I knew that “The Catcher in...
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