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 […]
Election 2016
The Pepperdine School of Public Policy & the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership have developed a 2016 Presidential Election conference. Election 2.016 will take place on October 14 in Malibu, CA and will explore how technology is changing the way voters engage in the election process. I will be there on a panel which will explore […]
Can Tech Create Muscle Tissue?
Back surgery sometimes results in an infarction of a nerve. If the nerve does not grow back, the result can be a drop foot condition. Over time, the leg muscle atrophies. If you walk around Florida, you can see more than a few cases of gentlemen in shorts with one leg noticeably smaller than the […]
Businessweek said Today’s Computer Voting Is Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete
Today’s Businessweek did an excellent job of reporting about our broken election system. The story focused on the 10-15 year old voting machines we use across America. I had written in Election Attitude about this and many other problems in our registration and voting systems, but Businessweek drilled down deep into the history and future […]
