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Are we becoming better writers and is social media responsible
Here is an article from the Globe and Mail (and you thought I was not widely read) on the subject of generational changes in writing proficiency. The article paints a positive picture and attributes improvement to social media. I have … Continue reading
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it’s complicated
If you are interested in teen use of social media you have likely encountered the name dana boyd (I know. The no caps thing is weird). I have several of her books including the newest (as far as I know) … Continue reading
Nature and Technology
The contention that nature and technology are incompatible has offered me great opportunity over the years. It is fun to play on stereotypes not be demonstrating they are over stated but by demonstrating they have it backwards. I never thought … Continue reading
New Amazon/Kindle services
Amazon has two new services that may be of interest to Kindle users. First. you now can store up to 5 gigabytes of documents using your Kindle account. You may have already sent pdfs to be read on the Kindle, … Continue reading
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Password vault
After posting yesterday about the challenge of changing passwords, today I came across this tutorial from Leo Laporte describing the installation and use of LastPass. Too much time devoted to the selection of a master password, but the rest is … Continue reading
Passwords and Heartbleed
Yahoo! sent an email yesterday indicating that because of the Heartbleed vulnerability, my account was being locked and I needed to go through a process to change my password. I am a heavy Flickr user so this required a response. … Continue reading
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