Preoccupations – I Freed Myself From E-Mail’s Grip – NYTimes.com EARLIER this year, I became tired of my usual morning ritual of spending hours catching up on e-mail. So I did something drastic to take back control of my productivity. I stopped using e-mail most of the time. I quickly realized that the more messages [...]

Thousands of students nationwide, including many who were previously reluctant to study online, have suddenly decided to take one or more college classes over the Internet. Clearly another area where the costs of driving are taking a toll. Not only are people not taking vacations, but they are staying home to take classes. I question [...]

I decided to stop in on MyYahoo after a long haitus away. I used to use this service when I was new to the Internet. There is no mistaking that MyYahoo and IGoogle and many other online repositories of information offer a valuable service to the causal consumer. They provide a one stop home page [...]

‘The Dumbest Generation’ by Mark Bauerlein – Los Angeles Times Every few months another book comes out criticizing young people for the lack of interest in reading, their short attention spans, and our nation’s bleak future.  I cannot disagree.  Technology is not getting us to read more, that’s for sure.  The younger generations are less [...]