i’m working from home today and the kids have started school just yet. this afternoon it occurred to me that every single member of our family was working on a computer. most of us are using a laptop, but occasionally someone is using a tablet or slate. three of us have smart phones and there are...

my wife is in switzerland for a week.  yesterday facebook announced video calling in partnership with skype.  i was in the microsoft store yesterday afternoon with my kids where we were able to set it up and test it. notice on my slate with a front and rear facing camera how easy it is to toggle...

there is only one teacher i can think of that i had and that my kids had in dekalb. mrs. north was my reading tutor one summer in middle school and she has had both sam and audrey in music class. many people i know have been doing something similar for many years but have changed employers frequently...

i haven't posted a lot of videos to youtube and a couple that i did post were apparently marked because of the musical soundtrack (since i "created" the photo and video portion and own the music, i didn't think about using it to impress my grandma and other family members with my computer skills). i...

this weekend our daughter audrey learned to ride a two wheeler and just like her older brother samuel is now cruising around the neighborhood with the rest of us independent of training wheels or a contraption off the back of dad's bike. her new found freedom is really fun to watch. she's always picked...

it seems appropriate on my parent's anniversary to post something about how both of them have influenced me both personally and professionally. after all, they are the first two examples, mentors, friends and people i could and did look up to. let's start with my mom. although she is liberal in some...

last month i gave a speech on keeping your kids safe online at cwug (chicago windows user group) – here’s some of the nuggets you missed at our november meeting. first, i have embraced what is coming – we have two children that are growing up in the digital age.  they both have computers to use...

today is one of my sister in law's birthday.  it's easy to remember when windows 95 launched because it was on her birthday.

about a month ago we "babysat" a kitten we named charlie.  sam has had allergies since he was very young, but at 10 years old he can take medication so we figured we'd take a chance and see how he would do with a kitten. it didn't work out, but we did get a picture of each of our kids...