Tag Archive | Technology

Reduce 7 billion people to 100 people to depict our world

When Mr O Jnr 2 (he of the recent major bone surgery) was whinging about my internet restrictions he stated, categorically, that “everyone” else in the world had the internet – all seven billion people, according to him. Remembering the 100 People: A World Portrait I had read longer ago than I thought, I reminded […]

How Apple plus school made this parent grumpy

By Robyn Dunphy January 30, 2015 7 Comments

School started this week. So off went Mr O Jnr 2 (fourteen) and Miss O 2 (twelve) with their mandatory iPads. As you may be aware, in order to download apps from the iTunes store, the customer has to login. To login the customer has to have an ID. When we got the iPads I […]

Parental Controls and the Internet

By Robyn Dunphy December 23, 2014 4 Comments

When I was a child my parents never had to worry about me getting into trouble on the internet. We didn’t have a TV until I was about ten, let alone computers or mobile phones. This is what I did for entertainment: Now the internet is a parenting challenge. Everything connects: laptops, iPads, phones to […]

Office 2013 is Colourless or Colorless

By Robyn Dunphy September 23, 2014 6 Comments

Now for something completely different. Technology. I have a new laptop with Windows 8 and Office 2013/Office 365. Very fancy. I like the backlit keyboard. The Start button has gone! I hear Microsoft have brought it back with Windows 9 – good move. The Office themes are too white. Whiter than white. Oh, there is […]