Orkut
About five years ago, my friend Jeff Giles asked me to join Orkut — a social networking site that was started by Google. I joined, but not really knowing what...
It’s All Headed for “The Cloud”
I don’t know if you’ve been keeping up with this move of all your essential files (docs, videos, music, and pictures) to cloud computing, but it seems Apple is close...
Goodbye and Hello
About five years ago, I bought what at the time was a pretty great iMac — which looked like this: Well, as you know, the longer you use a computer...
Why No One Is Really Reading Blogs
Social media sites become No. 1 online activity. That’s the headline from an SF Chronicle report on what we are doing on the Internet. Sometime you don’t need the Neilsen...
Turning Off Online Distractions
I have this problem mostly at work. When I’m trying to work on something like scheduling, my Outlook pop-up keeps reminding me I have a new email. What do I...