Digital Age
PIN and Teller
I took a little tiny baby step toward modernity the other day. I signed up for online banking. I know, I know. You did that […]
My Days Aren’t Numbered
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have shown that children as young as three, with no formal schooling or training, can have an innate “number sense” […]
My Days Aren’t Numbered
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have shown that children as young as three, with no formal schooling or training, can have an innate “number sense” […]
Do Smart Phones Make Us Antisocial?
Do you fake it with your cell phone? Boys, too? You’re not alone. A full 13 percent of America’s cell-phone owners pretend to be on […]
Yes You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover
Bad news for bookcases: My daughter’s about to move into her first apartment, and she’s been making lists of what she’ll need to fill it: […]
Twitter Users Fight Over Norway and Amy Winehouse
Almost as quickly as the Twitterverse reacted to Amy Winehouse’s death on Saturday, it began reacting to the reactions. Almost instantly, people took to social […]
The Death of Facebook and iTunes?
It might as well be National Nerd Month, what with Comic-Con (the great pasty pilgrimage), the launch of Google+, and the release of Spotify in […]
Inky Discovers Foursquare Two Years Too Late
Last week, Philly Post contributor Steve Volk reported on new technology in the newsrooms at the Inquirer and Daily News. The media company installed large, […]
Love Notes By Text and Tweet
One of the coolest things anyone ever gave me was a type-written manuscript of a letter Ernest Hemingway wrote in his later years to one […]
Where Bloggers Go to Die
So I poke around a lot on the Internet, and I’ve noticed that some bloggers have lists on their blogs of other people’s blogs—like-minded, I […]
New Media vs. Old Media
On last night’s 11 p.m. Action News, consumer reporter Nydia Han presented a long, adulatory piece on Kildare’s restaurant-chain founder Dave Magrogan’s side career in […]
Spy Games: Caught on Camera!
When I was in high school, required reading included George Orwell’s 1984. At the time (okay, it was a lot of years ago), 1984 seemed […]
What a Girl Wants: An Android Phone for Women?
Like many adult daughters, I have good intentions but poor follow-through. This year, two weeks prior to Mother’s Day, I started looking for a gift. […]
Sam Katz: My So-Called Digital Life
Okay. I admit it. I have become a Facebook freak. My son confirmed it to me last night with a high five. It started harmlessly […]
How a Book Can Bring You Back to Life
It was about three years ago when Vince, my partner, found me sobbing in the car. We were parked outside a store, and he’d run […]