Category Archives: Technology

Misunderstanding Multitasking

Posted on 2016/10/20 by Joe Larabell

I was listening to an interview with the authors of the new book The Distracted Mind on NPR this morning and they touched on a favorite pet peeve of mine that centers on a basic misunderstanding of the term multitasking. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Xperia Z2 smartphone

Posted on 2014/07/23 by Joe Larabell

After exactly two years as a smartphone user, I recently traded up from a Fujitsu Arrows Z to an Xperia Z2. I did a lot of research online to discover what people liked and didn’t like about the phone before … Continue reading →

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Where there’s smoke…

Posted on 2014/02/25 by Joe Larabell

Have you heard? Nokia recently announced the “Nokia X” — a new phone that’s based on Android… but it doesn’t have any Google apps and isn’t compatible with Google Play. It uses a “Windows Phone style shell” which I assume … Continue reading →

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Keeping up with it all…

Posted on 2009/05/28 by Joe Larabell

When I consider my age in “Internet years”, it feels like I’ve been around for quite a while. I graduated High School in 1974 and college in 1978. Back then, the Internet was something only the grad students in the … Continue reading →

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