Electronic devices are sneaky. I rejected Alexa when she showed up on my Kindles a couple of years ago. I refused to even allow it to run and when asked if it could be turned on, I said “No.” “No… Read More ›
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REMEMBER “LOOK ALIKE, FEEL ALIKE”?
“Look alike, feel alike” used to be the motto of the User Interface area of software development. The idea was that as you developed a product, each new version should “feel the same way” as the one that came before… Read More ›
SKYPING FOR IDIOTS – Marilyn Armstrong
I admit it, I never learned to use Skype. I have tried it. At least twice a year some friend or family member wants to see if we can make it work. I’ve never made it work. There are a… Read More ›
I WANT AN AUTONOMOUS HOUSE! Marilyn Armstrong
Autonomous house, autonomous life! The self-driving vehicle is on the way. It’s on the news and in the news. A few accidents. One death. But considering the number of accidents just backing out of a driveway in suburbia, that’s pretty… Read More ›
MACBOOK AIR IS ALMOST – Marilyn Armstrong
I hate setting up new computers. Regardless of what benefit I hope to get from it, the process is boring, annoying, and full of “What do you MEAN that’s not my email address? Of course it is. ” Then, there… Read More ›
AN ELABORATE CONSPIRACY – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s an elaborate conspiracy Someone commented that “working on a problem” was, for WordPress, their version of progress. So I got to thinking. What is the opposite word — the antonym as it were — of progress? And after considerable… Read More ›
HOW DELL DONE ME IN – Marilyn Armstrong
How a vague idea became real when the company you loved gives you the final boot. Dell, Apple, and why Apple has finally won the endless war. I have been buying Dell computers for more than 20 years. Not only… Read More ›
WHAT’S THE ANTONYM FOR PROGRESS? Marilyn Armstrong
Someone commented that “working on a problem” was, for WordPress, their version of progress. So I got to thinking. What is the opposite word — the antonym as it were — of progress? And after considerable research I discovered there… Read More ›
THE ULTIMATE INEFFICIENT LEARNING OF A GRAPHICS APP
INEFFICIENCY AT IT’S BEST – LEARNING ACDsee WHEN WORDS MEAN NOTHING I have been using a very old version of Photoshop for a long time. It’s CSS5 and I know I got it when I left my last job —… Read More ›
