Category Archives: Technology

Let’s Normalize Privacy and Discretion

You don’t know me. But I know your name and I know where you live. Scary, right? Recently, I saw a video about protecting your personal details like your birthday, phone number, and address when businesses won’t do that for you. Scams are becoming more common, and businesses don’t need to make a criminal’s jobContinue reading “Let’s Normalize Privacy and Discretion”

Product Bias: What You Buy May Not Be For You

Here’s something to think about the next time you make a purchase. For me, it started as an innocent observation. I was looking into buying a planner when I noticed that the full, page-sized planners were commonly in pink shades or floral patterns. What statement are the makers of these planners trying to make? IContinue reading “Product Bias: What You Buy May Not Be For You”

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Helpful or Harmful to Jobs?

Is artificial intelligence (AI) harmful or helpful to our jobs? Will we lose our jobs to AI? Many already have faced the answers to those questions. People have lost work to AI and certain jobs will disappear completely. On the upside, AI has enhanced our work by eliminating our repetitive tasks. AI can also reduceContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence (AI): Helpful or Harmful to Jobs?”

Your life without a computer: what does it look like?

Dailyprompt 2079 The daily word prompt on WordPress caught my attention. I realized that without a computer, my current life would cease to exist. I work from home. Without a computer, I wouldn’t have a job. Without any income, I wouldn’t be able to pay my bills or have money for food. I would loseContinue reading “Your life without a computer: what does it look like?”

What Was the Last Thing You Searched for Online?

Imagine being arrested for an innocent online search. Sometimes, I wonder if that’s what will happen to me. I often find myself searching for some really oddball stuff. It makes me the target of advertising for products I will never buy. It also makes me want to constantly delete my browser search history in caseContinue reading “What Was the Last Thing You Searched for Online?”