by Clifford James | Nov 2, 2023
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn” (Anne Frank).When I write, I escape. I imagine that was how Anne Frank managed to survive as long as she did as she lived in imminent fear of discovery by the Nazis....
by Clifford James | Nov 1, 2023
I Need More Time. “If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster” (Isaac Asimov). What would you do if you only had six minutes to live? I thought about it a minute. (That only leaves 5). I...
by Clifford James | Oct 31, 2023
“I’d give you a nasty look but you’ve already got one.” I am reminded of a story told to me when I first moved south to NC some thirty years ago, about a kindly southern lady, boarding a plane in Raleigh. She has a seat in the first class section, next to...
by Clifford James | Oct 30, 2023
“Autocorrect still thinks I want to say ‘duck’ 12 times a day.” OK, so how many of us still use auto-correct? It was the first feature I turned off in my text messaging app. It serves no useful purpose other than to replace misspelled words,...
by Clifford James | Oct 29, 2023
Unless your name is Google stop acting like you know everything.” So we’ve all met at some time in our lives, the “know-it-all”. It’s not an endearing quality for anyone, except maybe AI. Voice assistants are everywhere. In your smartphone,...
