My cell phone thieves are uploading selfies to my cloud

On a recent trip to Seattle, I thought I lost my cell phone at the Space Needle. After GPSing my device, I saw a blue dot pulsating down a street no where near the 605 foot tower.

My Samsung Galaxy S4 was on the move. Without me.

Clearly, someone had stolen it. I bemoaned the loss of all my contacts, writing notes, reminders, pictures and more. Then I remembered that my photos automatically upload to my cloud, so maybe it wasn’t as bad because … Read more ...

Unplugged and Loving It

We spent three weeks in Norway for the holidays and I decided to use that time to do a little experiment of sorts. I wanted to see how I would fare being somewhat “unplugged.”

What often strikes me about Norway is how close knit everyone seems. Relationships with friends grow deeper, faster. Families talk more. There’s more “down” time. Through my American lense they seem to have a definite line between work and life, whereas here your work is your life.

With smartphones, iPads and … Read more ...