Technology
The Darkest (K)night
I use an iPad app called Newsify to gather the news of the day.
My mornings begin with a blend of old and new technology.
We English speakers are used to having our language understood in many parts of the world, where local citizens have learned it because of its ubiquity on radio and TV.
Watching the Internet evolve — and I’ve been writing about it since it was mostly the ARPAnet, a project of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — I’m always astonished at how early government-supplied seed money turned into today’s global commercial network.
I pushed back from the computer, arms a little shaky, hip stiff, startle reflex nudging wired.