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Thoughts on Apple, Flash, Connect Pro and Adobe

Check out Steve Jobs' open letter on why Apple does not allow Flash on its mobile devices. Jobs gives a...

Math Geek Mom: Making the Grade (Sort Of)

I remember my comprehensive exams in graduate school as the low point of that experience. Classes were fun, and I...

Co-op-ucation

Just one more thought -- really, a question -- on the subject of co-ops. Cooperation isn't just a form of...

Motherhood After Tenure: Switching Roles, or, How I Turned into Archie Bunker

As I have mentioned before, my husband quit his job in January, making me the official “breadwinner” and reversing the...

PowerPoint Hates Freedom

A few weeks ago, I aired out some thoughts on webinars and their seemingly endemic suckitude. This week, several alert...

From Consuming to Producing

The thing that sticks with me from my Ph.D. program was being told that the difference between an undergraduate and...

The goodness of co-opness

Recent events like the explosion at Upper Big Branch and the BP drilling platform fire in the Gulf show up...

The Dog that Didn't Bark

Mid-April to Mid-May is always the hardest time of year. All of the end-of-year stuff comes to a head at...