Posts by Bruce Sallan
Boomer Parenting Tips – Tech Manners
There’s a new word out there – netiquette – and it’s about manners in our tech obsessed world. On this topic, I wrote a recent A Dad’s Point-of-View column, called, When Is Rude, Rude? inspired by an incident that took place in our home. It’s a perfect subject for another Boomer Parenting Tips article and…
Read MoreHow I Learned to Love New Gadgets
As a boomer, I’ve found myself alternately resisting and embracing emerging technologies, new technology gadgets, and modern technology altogether. Sometimes, my stubborn old self (the guy that is portrayed in our It’s a Tech World After All cartoons) just wants to say, “Leave me alone!” But, more recently, I’ve come to not only embrace these…
Read MoreBoomer Parenting Tips – Parents On Facebook
Are you friends on Facebook with all your family members? Should you be? What are the risks? What are the benefits? Parents on Facebook is a delicate thing. For that matter, monitoring your kid’s activities on the Internet in general is a delicate thing. It’s part of your parenting job, but it could promote…
Read MoreEvolution of Technology – Film Photography and Darkrooms
AKA Bruce’s Guide to the Evolution of Technology and His Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, Part Four* With Guest Co-Author, Professor David E. Weber After a hard-fought campaign, a re-count, and a “chad” review, film photography and darkrooms won the day and is the topic for our 4th Evolution of Technology article. Yes, we are going…
Read MoreBoomer Parenting Tips – Internet Safety – An Introduction
Internet Safety is a subject that is both sensitive and ultra-important to all parents. As parents, our job is to protect our children. But, sometimes protecting them from dangers can be difficult, alienate them, and frankly even be hard to implement. The internet has its share of mysteries and many a parent that wants to…
Read MoreBoomer Parenting Tips – The Balancing Act
The work and life balance isn’t easy. Whether it’s too much technology, too much work, too much television, or just “too much,” parents are always doing a “Balancing Act” with their time. Who gets it, who doesn’t, who needs it, who has been left out, etc. It’s a classic parental dilemma and one that has…
Read MoreThe Technology Monster
Sometimes, I just wish it would stop. The “Technology Monster” won’t stop following me! I recently visited Southeast Asia and found this monster everywhere. It didn’t matter if it was the high-living, modern, extra-ordinary city of Hong Kong or the severe poverty of Cambodia and Borneo! The high-rises of Hong Kong had laser murals on…
Read MoreEvolution of Technology – Drive-In Movies
AKA Bruce’s Guide to the Evolution of Technology and His Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, Part Three* With Guest Co-Author, Professor David E. Weber The Evolution of Technology series continues with the drive-in movie, which was a rite-of-passage for so many teens back in the day. For those of you that are new to the Evolution…
Read MoreBlog, Blog, Blog – What is a Blog, Anyway?
I’ve come to believe there are genuine differences between a blog, column, an article, and an essay. I’ve only been writing for a few years and before that it was just business letters and before that it was essays for school. Now all I hear about is blog, blog, blog. I’ve read nothing about the…
Read MoreFree Wi-Fi Helps Parents Use Their Time Efficiently
Free wireless internet, aka Wi-Fi, is the miracle tool for every mom and dad that has to wait around for their kid, at soccer practice, at their music lesson, another school activity, etc., when there’s no time to go home, the location is out-of-the-way, and we parents have 45 minutes or so to kill. Free…
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