1871
In 1871, The Great Chicago Fire left nearly 100,000 people homeless. The tragedy was followed by a remarkable happening when some of the most brilliant engineers, architects, and inventors of the time came together to build a new city. Howard Tullman, CEO of 1871, General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investors, LLC and for G2T3V, […]
The internet or the Internet?
The Associated Press Stylebook has declared internet and web should be lowercased. Other style guides are also insisting on the downcasing of internet, and you can see the change appearing daily in major media. Vint Cerf, recognized as one of “the fathers of the Internet”, and I don’t agree with the transformation. The word internet first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1974. […]
Ganging Up to Stop Robocalls
Any unwanted phone calls are annoying, but the most annoying to most of us are the robocalls. “Hi, this is Rachel from cardmember services” is one of many, and they seem to be growing. The government Do No Call list is a waste of time. The robocallers ignore it. I have finally found a way to […]
Go Figure at CVS
Occasionally, I cannot resist posting a short example of a lack of net attitude. I usually label them Go Figure. Today, I stopped by CVS in Hawley, PA to pick up a prescription. The invitation on the counter was clear, “Pick up prescriptions with the CVS Pharmacy app.” Great idea. Net attitude, for sure. Especially […]
DACS on Tuesday
Tuesday evening will be my 24th annual presentation at the Danbury Area Computer Society. It is always a pleasure to be with this fine group. The title of my talk is “Net Attitude: What It is, How to Get It, and Why It is More Important than Ever”. Andy Woodruff wrote a preview of the talk which […]
