DIGITAL MEDIA REDUCES CREATIVITY

Idly consuming digital content, I ran across an article by Srinivas Rao regarding the influence of digital media on creativity. Extreme consumption, he stated, can restrict our capacity to do deep thinking, ultimately impacting creativity. Hmm. My attention peaked....

MYSTERY WRITERS GET IT WRONG

Mystery writing is hard work. Most writers in the genre are not trained as police detectives or in crime scene investigations. Many resources are available from books and websites; there’s even a mystery writers’ police academy. But without thorough research, writers...

I’M BEING BLACKMAILED BY THE RUSSIANS

This morning I opened an email blackmailing me.  After a long explanation of how my computer was hacked, the villain got down to business:  For months now, I have been spying on you through your device camera..especially when you visited those sites to have fun…...

BINGE-WATCHING

Last week a head cold invaded my life. When ill, my general tendency is to work anyway and power through. However, I decided to give myself a break and watch television. This, in itself, is unusual, because I’m a reader. My weekly viewing habits are a short section of...

TECHNOLOGY MAKES MUNDANE TASKS MORE DIFFICULT

There was a time when I could walk into anyone’s house and answer the telephone, turn on the TV, operate the stove, and flush the toilet. Not anymore. Remember when you just picked up the telephone handset and said ‘hello’? Now it’s punching a button to talk and...

THANKSGIVING IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT

 Thanksgiving has become an afterthought, an impediment to retailers hoping to make a fortune during the Christmas season. Halloween will soon be gobbled up as well. Hints of red and green began to show at stores brazen enough to decorate before the trick or treaters...
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