Category Archives: Technology

Accordance updates

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Kerry

In Boston this morning, at the 2025 conference of the American Academy of Religion, I met with the friendly people from Accordance. It was great to see Roy Brown again, the inventor of Accordance in the 1990s. I remember when … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Dropbox my old friend

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Kerry

After many years of relying upon Dropbox as my go-to cloud solution, I’m saying good-bye due to an issue arising from intractable mis-set file permissions. After five hours on the phone with an Apple Support supervisor named James, he determined … Continue reading →

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Don’t allow evil-mail to steal productivity

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Kerry

Yesterday my university Exchange account delivered no email, and a sense of unexpected, pervasive peace descended upon my office. I was strangely productive. Today Exchange is back to normal, so I’m playing catch-up, as seems often to be the case. … Continue reading →

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MobileMe alternatives

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Kerry

Transitions Change is a fact of life, and when anything is in the hands of Steve Jobs, change will happen sooner rather than later. His passionate desire to toss the old out the window, in the belief that death is … Continue reading →

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Ebooks

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Kerry

The New Yorker, May 7, 2012 Why ebooks? Most publishers now offer ebooks as an option for many of their titles. Amazon and other retailers report that ebook sales have already surpassed the sales of hardcover books and of paperback … Continue reading →

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Buying and setting up a new Mac

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Kerry

From time to time I am asked to recommend or set up new Macs for family and friends. If asked what Mac to buy, I recommend an iMac if it’s going to be used for video editing, as a TV, … Continue reading →

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