Regular readers of this Journal know that I’m a domestic violence survivor.

They also know that, after enduring decades of abuse from my biological family, my wife and I finally cut off all contact with them more than four years ago, and moved on with our lives. Afterward, as part of our healing, we legally changed our last name. Yesterday was the [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that, at one time, I had to meticulously measure my blood glucose level and give myself insulin injections several times every day.

Though I had always been needle-phobic — throwing up and/or passing out every time I was ever given a shot or a blood test — I knew I didn’t want to have to go through that several times every day, so I chose to [more...]

For years, we were told that, in the future, children who grew up with ubiquitous computers and other digital devices would become “The Net Generation” — a whole new group of technologically savvy people who would be constantly digitally “connected” to each other and to the world.

In anticipation of that likelihood, governments and educators [more...]

When I think of the word, “appliance,” I imagine refrigerators and washing machines and toasters.

Not computers.

But some people argue that computers have become so [more...]

Over the past three decades, I’ve had the honor of helping probably tens of thousands of people troubleshoot and learn how to use their computers, including everyone from preschoolers to senior citizens to domestic violence survivors.

Helping to change others’ lives is very gratifying work.

I suspect that there are few people alive who [more...]