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Making America Great by Doing Good

Donald Trump wants to “Make America Great Again”. I doubt that anyone can dispute that this is a noble goal. But what does “great” mean when referring to a country or nation state? I’m afraid Donald Trump’s definition of “great” doesn’t mesh with mine and I wouldn’t want to be associated with his vision, so […]

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Happy Holidays, Stevie Wonder, & Logic Pro X Accessibility

You may have seen the new holiday commercial from Apple featuring Stevie Wonder and Andra Day singing “Someday at Christmas”, a beautiful and poignant holiday song for the times, with lines like: Someday at Christmas men won’t be boys playing with bombs like kids play with toys and Someday at Christmas we’ll see a land […]

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Crashing at the College Inn, Lost In Time

In 1992, DO-IT was founded with funding from the National Science Foundation, and every year since then has hosted a Summer Study program in which high school students with disabilities spend two weeks on the UW campus staying in dorms, learning about college life, participating in workshops and going on field trips that expose them […]

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Now

This page was formerly called Projects, but I like the immediacy of Now. I’m a strong believer in living fully immersed in this moment, so it’s only natural that I would sign on to the growing Now movement: See other Now supporters on nownownow.com. In this moment, I’m breathing, thinking, and writing the content that […]

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Choosing a Web Portal: NetVibes vs Protopage

Given the death of Google Reader in July and the eminent death of iGoogle in November, I’ve been shopping for alternatives. I need a single service that will serve as my dashboard and web portal, providing me with news updates, RSS feeds, and convenient access to bookmarked websites all from a single location. It needs […]