Digital Age
Will the Kindle Make Me Forget Hardcover Books?
So about a million years after everyone else, I just got a Kindle. It was a birthday gift from my fiance, and a truly great […]
Q&A: Black Hawk Down Author Mark Bowden
On Tuesday, the man who wrote Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo released his newest non-fiction work, Worm: The First Digital World War (Atlantic Monthly […]
Blogging Isn’t Just for Geeks, Foodies and Troublemakers
I saw the movie Contagion this weekend, and I loved it. I’m a sucker for international thrillers, which is pretty much what the Steven Soderbergh […]
Nicole Cashman Loves Philly.com’s Android Tablet
Over at Philly.com today, one of the featured “news” items in the home page marquee is a strange little video by the site’s gossip gal, […]
What’s Lost With the DC Comics Digital Reboot
Comic book geeks have a special love for Wednesdays—it’s the day the shelves of their favorite comic shop are filled with new releases. Today’s arrivals […]
LBI’s Last Gasps of Summer Vacation
So, I’m in Beach Haven on LBI this week and at one point, I thought I was going to write about the $4 cupcakes at […]
LBI’s Last Gasps of Summer Vacation
So, I’m in Beach Haven on LBI this week and at one point, I thought I was going to write about the $4 cupcakes at […]
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, […]