“The rubicon (sic) has been crossed. The fire of revolution has been lit.”  So wrote a representative of the white supremacist group the Proud Boys on Telegram, after the January 6, 2021 insurrection.  (“Capitol Insurrection,…” by Cassie Miller and Hannah Gais, Southern Po

I have no idea what generation would claim me. I’m not a baby boomer and the alphabet soup that follows – Xers, Ys, Zs, — are far too young.  Egads!  Some of these youth have never seen a landline.  Never mind, I don’t know the difference between emails and text mes

Facebook went down the other day and what a blessing it was.  I like keeping up with friends but I hate the commercials I have to scroll through to reach them.  If scrolling can be counted as an aerobic exercise, I’m fit. Promos aren’t the only reason I needed a break.  I’m t

Do you know your trustworthiness score?  Did you know Facebook has given you one?  To avoid accusations they are purveyors of fake news,  the company now uses an algorithm to determine a member’s credibility.  Twitter, reportedly, is moving in the same direction.  (“Facebooks

  We’ve come a long way from the Arab Spring when Facebook’s technology and that of other social media platforms stirred and facilitated freedom lovers.  Those who supported democratic movements thought they were witnessing technology’s miracle: the ability for ordinar

A firehose isn’t the province of firefighters anymore.  A firehose is the gush of information people provide via the internet, particularly on social media like Twitter and Facebook.  Twitter makes a bonanza by selling access to its firehose to interested companies.  Recent repor

Passing from the popular scene without much fanfare is the VCR.  Japan’s Funai Electronics has announced it will stop making the machines because it has difficulty finding parts and because sales are on a sharp decline.  In its heyday, Funai sold up to 1.5 million units annually.�

April 10 of this year I wrote a blog post about the ethics of piggybacking my work on to the sites of other authors. Some would call it marketing. Others would call it opportunism.     My virtual book tour has given me a new set of questions. Followers have begun to drop into my Tw