Articles About 'tech skills'
Why Google Needs a Student Version
Google needs to have a student version of its popular search software. It’s not because of pornography. It’s not because of meeting weirdos online. It’s simply a matter of being able to concentrate on things that kids need to concentrate on without any distractions.
The classic example is Ethan Allen. Enter the term into Search and you’re [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2010 under boomers, college, education, internet safety, tech skills.
Tags: Goggle, Learning, Search Engines, Students
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Tech’s Early Zealots Are Singing a Different Tune: Has Age Made Them Wiser or Just Older?
Maybe you haven’t noticed that we’ve become the nation with the collective attention span of a tsetse fly. Or that we’re a nation utterly convinced that the more things you can do at the same time the more gifted you are.
The signs of the impending wreckage are everywhere. In London, they’ve padded certain phone poles [...]
Posted: February 2nd, 2010 under Your Digital Home, tech skills.
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If Apple’s Products Are so Easy, Then Why Is the Genius Bar so Crowded?
A lady walks into a bar–only this time the punch line is that it’s a Genius Bar. As a long-time PC user, my relationship to Apple is complicated. Love ‘em because they’re beautiful, admire the way they work. Hate ‘em because they’re closed systems, the complete antithesis of everything that the information age should be. [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Your Digital Kids, hardware, tech skills, women.
Tags: apple, Apple Store, genius bar, HP, New Yorker
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It’s Holiday Season, But the Homework Still Flows
I feel like the Grinch mentioning this around the holidays, but it’s a fact. Kids get homework even as the holidays approach. The rule of thumb is that kids get 20 minutes of homework per grade. So by junior high school you’re looking at between 2-3 hours of homework each evening–and that’s after a long [...]
Posted: December 9th, 2009 under Your Digital Kids, education, holidays, tech skills, time management, young children and Internet.
Tags: discovery, homework, tutor, wikipedia, youtube
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Baby Einstein Gets a Spanking
When I was kid, we ate Wonder Bread because it “built strong bodies in 12 ways.” Mom didn’t count; she just took it on faith. Ditto for choosing Crest, because more dentists recommended it, and Keds for making us run faster, jump higher.
So why did Disney decide to offer a full refund to families who [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2009 under Disney, Your Digital Kids, creativity and play, education, health and safety, tech skills.
Tags: Add new tag, babies, baby einstein, Disney, iPhone, screen-time
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Why Schlep Five Pounds of PC When Netbooks Are Such Featherweights?
I am not too happy with myself at the moment. My back is even less happy with me. After years of carrying luggables and laptops I got tired of my clothes being destroyed by shoulder bags, my thighs perenially black and blue from laptop carrying slaps, and my back being totally out of whack.
The answer [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Your Digital Home, boomers, netbook, tech skills.
Tags: Acer, Google, netbook
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Internet Safety: It’s Time for a New Battle Cry
In the US alone there are dozens of well meaning organizations and companies that have made Internet Safety their bailiwick. Internet security companies like Symantec, Trend Micro, and McAfee for example, are but a few that have concentrated efforts on giving parents tools to monitor their kids’ Internet behaviors.
Organizations like WiredSafety, FOSI, getNetWise, NetSmartz, Pause, [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2009 under Your Digital Kids, internet safety, legal issues, social networking, tech skills.
Tags: Department of Justice, Donna Rice Hughes, FCC, FOSI, FTC, internet safety, John Walsh, McAfee, Parry Aftab, Symantec, Trend Micro, Wired Safety
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A Primer on the High Tech School
For those who haven’t been back-to-school in a while; things have changed.
Posted: July 6th, 2009 under college, education, tech skills.
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CEALineshows/Digital Downtown Report
Report from Digital Downtown
Held in NYC this week, CEALineShows/Digital Downtown a June preview event focused on innovation and a sneak peak at the holiday season drew its share of news. Here’s what some attendees had to say.
The Geek in Chief Addresses the Crowd
Does it take to long to renew your driver’s liscense? Is [...]
Posted: June 13th, 2009 under TV, Your Digital Home, Your Digital Kids, hardware, tech skills.
Tags: CEA, Digital Downtown, Lineshows, Symantec
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Spinning a Bad Reputation
Now that you can track what people say about you (your family, your employees, your product, your town…whatever it is that you hold dear), what can you do about it? Managing your reputation is a much thornier issue than tracking it.
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under Your Digital Home, legal issues, media, reputation management, tech skills.
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