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Meerkat, YouNow, Periscope & The Kardashians
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On April 30, 1939, the first regularly scheduled US television broadcast began from the New York World’s Fair. The grainy, black and white image from NBC…

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Frozen & Spiderman Meet Burnbook & Burn Note
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In 2013, the movie Frozen was released to the joy of children and perhaps the chagrin of many adults. While I’m the first to applaud the…

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Catfishing, Instagram and a Wise Elderly Nun
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A few years ago I arrived at a small Catholic elementary school to present our Responsible Technology Series. The building was located on a quaint, urban…

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Curt Schilling, Twitter & The Legend of the Big Green Brain
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In 1899, while Samuel Clemens, aka, Mark Twain was living in Sweden, he wrote an article that was eventually published in Harper’s Monthly Magazine about fifteen years later.…

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Simon Says: Take 10 Steps Forward
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Remember the playground game Simon Says? Back in the day, I use to think of myself as the LeBron James of that game — capable of…

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Seat Belts, SmartPhones & Friday Night “Likes”
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I have made several hundred presentations over the past four years to students, parents and school administrators related to our RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY SERIES. To date, I’ve…

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WhatsApp Doc: Bugs Bunny & The Theory of The Old Grey Hare
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Most of us over the age of 40 can identify with the acerbic and brazen Bunny known as Bugs — the animated cartoon character, created Warner…

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Clones, Drones & Phones: The Internet of Things
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The biggest battle of 1980 was perhaps the consumer decision of whether to buy VHS or Betamax. It was akin to the smartphone battle of i-Phone…

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Hey! You! Get Off of My iCloud!
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When Mick Jagger shouted Hey Hey! You You! Get Off of My Cloud — he and Keith Richards were writing a follow-up to their hit SATISFACTION.…

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