A critic, as I once read, is like a eunuch in a harem: he knows how it’s done, sees how it’s done, but can’t do it himself. The Internet eunuch abounds. He leaves comments on web sites, blogs and forums, instinctively negative or critical. He is the reason for moderated comments and P. O. Box …
Read more »My friend sent me an email, sarcastically using the APA format for the body of it. This was no doubt due to a certain level of frustration with some online classes that have required intense accuracy of the format and sources used. His responses to me were clever and quasi realistic, citing FltPlan.com as he …
Read more »This is not a tech or “how-to” post on Google+; by the time I click “publish”, Google will have already made changes to its new Google+ Not Facebook Not Just Social But Kind Of Vague project. This is also not an online location to discuss or place bets on if/when Google+ will replace Facebook, if …
Read more »On March 28, I spent the day with a friend at the state capitol, and sat in on a session in the House. Her father is a representative and we are old family friends. I was there when several students weren’t allowed to sit with representatives on the floor due to the fact that the …
Read more »Last week, someone in an organization I’m involved forgot the most important rule to keep in mind before clicking send in an email: know who you’re sending the email to. Instead of a small pool of readers, it went to hundreds all across the organization. This would have been fine if the email had contained …
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