January 13, 2012
I had a generational epiphany about technology last weekend. It started with an urgent wake-up-call from Dad on Saturday morning; he needed help installing a new printer and also couldn’t figure out why he was staring at what turned out to be...
January 6, 2012
I’m an idiot. It didn’t take long for me to screw up in 2012. I make a lot of mistakes every year, but usually I get a few weeks under my belt before I start unraveling. This year? Three lousy working days. That’s all it...
January 5, 2012
I am sure there will be a time in the not-so-distant future that smartphones will not be regarded as novel devices, and instead as commonplace. For many people, they already are. I was lucky enough to have my first smartphone, a BlackBerry a...
December 16, 2011
Here it is, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” and I find myself even crankier than usual. The reason for my Yuletide dystopia? The nearly universal replacement of “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays” as...
December 9, 2011
With the explosion of mobile devices in the market, a number of new terms have been created to deal with the development and design of websites on these devices. I've been researching some of these and thought it would be helpful to share some...
December 6, 2011
“Success has a thousand fathers; failure is an orphan,” goes the old saying. But failure itself can be positive if lessons learned are applied to future schemes and dreams, turning dismal defeat into incandescent entelechy. No pun...
December 1, 2011
As a proofreader, I review a lot of copy. That should go without saying. The overwhelming majority of it is written well. There will always be errors in copy, such as spelling, grammar or syntax mistakes. I can accept that it’s my job to fix...
November 18, 2011
Our new proofreader has taken to referring to me as “Jersey” in the office, and that is fine by me. And at most parties that I attend, there is always a Bon Jovi song played, with shouts of “Jersey, Jersey” and fingers...
