Many people have become concerned that cursive is no longer being taught in school. I saw the effect of this when one of our high school interns had trouble transcribing a meetingĀ attendance sheet because some of the names were written in cursive. As someone who rarely uses cursive except for my signature (which is really … Continue reading Do they still teach typing in school?
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When I started Fiction Friday I was looking for a way to reinvigorate my imagination in quick bursts of flash fiction. Some weeks I know well ahead of time what will write. Some weeks an idea didn't come until Thursday. However, a theme that that has emerged is short stories about technology. I guess it … Continue reading 10 very short stories about technology
When people talk about "women in tech" they usually mean female engineers or women who have risen to positions of executive leadership, but there are a lot of women in tech who are neither of those things.Ā Analysts and project managers are to "women in tech" what stay at home moms are to the general feminist … Continue reading Not engineers or executives: The other women in tech
Do you use the Internet? Congratulations, your data has been vulnerable for about 2 years and is even more vulnerable now that the Heartbleed bug has been revealled publicly. Until web sites patch this OpenSSL vulnerability that little lock and https that you've been taught will keep your data safe as it travels across the … Continue reading What is the Heartbleed bug, and what should you do about it?
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden have revealed details of NSA surveillance programs including those that monitor email and other Internet activity. These revelations have invigorated the debate about sacrificing privacy under the guise of trying to increase security. This is a debate that happens on a smaller scale in the minds of many parents. Should … Continue reading Should parents use NSA surveillance techniques to spy on their kids?
Kim Z. Dale 