Archive for March, 2008
Texting baby-steps
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Andy and a circle of his friends suddenly want to do nothing but e-mail each other. It’s like they have a developmental urge to text, but have no cell phones. (They’ve come close to IM-ing, but it seems that whenever one friend figures out how to do it, the other forgets…so, frustrated with each other, they say, […]
Don’t mess with my desk[top]
Saturday, March 8th, 2008When Andy was three, I was chatting with a more experienced mom about her part-time job. “Do you enjoy it?” I asked. “What I love is that no one touches my desk when I’m gone.” At the time, I was too much of a newbie parent to understand. I said, “Oh!” but I thought, “Huh?” It […]
What’s the password?
Saturday, March 1st, 2008For me, one of the major aggravations of the digital age is that each of us must manage a collection of passwords, just to access what is ours. And now I’m finding even parenting is not immune from password issues.
Andy has a multitude of screen/user names for Web sites and a few different passwords. His […]