Personal
Still glancing back ..
I have been thinking a lot about diasporas lately. What it means to live long term in a society outside the one you were raised in.
Cathi Harris
Personal
Why I'm excited to vote for Kamala Harris
She will be the standard bearer for a compelling alternate vision for the future of the United States.
Personal
Still American
On loving and leaving the United States
Writing (Links)
Did Google shoot itself in the search engine?
AI Overviews prove not ready for prime time
Writing (Links)
In which I try to make 'fetch' happen
I think anyone who has ever used Google Maps to get directions can see the potential pitfalls of letting AI tell you where you go for Sunday dinner or the best local dry cleaners - let alone anything of greater consequence.
Writing (Links)
A blog by any other name ...
I read so many Substacks, in fact, that it can take up my entire morning--reading my subscriptions on the app, then commenting, then noticing who has 're-stacked' one of my articles . . . Wait, what does this remind me of?
Personal
Death by chocolate
I overindulged over the long Easter holiday - not in beer - as is the local custom - but in sugar. Family from home sent us a care package of yummy chocolate bunnies, eggs and truffles. And my 16-year-old daughter has discovered baking (thanks a lot, Preppy Kitchen!). She spent
Work
Me and ChatGPT
I'm over here like Violet Crawley looking through her fan at this horrible electric lighting.
Personal
An open letter to Duolingo
Please make the early levels more tourist-friendly.
Reading
Book Review: 'The Downstairs Girl' by Stacey Lee
Jo Kuan, the protagonist and titular Downstairs Girl, is a Chinese American teenager living in Atlanta, Georgia just after the end of the U.S. Civil War.
Personal
This is your brain on menopause
I'm not wrong. It turns out menopause can break your brain.
Reading
What I'm reading on Substack
I love that they are promoting individual voices. Jury is still out on supporting the platform, though.