Tech Triumphs: Giving and Getting

Tech Triumphs: Giving and Getting

Ach, I’m old already, what do I use my smartphone to do? I use it for some Tehillim WhatsApp groups, FaceTime-ing my grandchildren, and a little banking. Filters are for those who are using their phones to look at things they shouldn’t, not for old people like me. Or...
Tech Triumphs: Giving and Getting

Tech Triumphs: Shoe Shpiel

I was shopping in DSW and waiting in line to pay. When I got up to the counter, I realized that I had left my cell phone at home with my coupons in my email. Hoping they would still let me use my coupons, I asked the lady at the checkout my question. “I’m sorry, I...
Tech Triumphs: Giving and Getting

Tech Triumphs: Ze Lo Kasher

I was sitting in a park in Eretz Yisroel this summer, visiting with a friend. Our kids were climbing and sliding on the colorful equipment, having a blast. We were catching up and trying to find shady parts of the park to sit in. The park was busy; lots of children...
Tech Triumphs: Giving and Getting

Tech Triumphs: Carpool Chitchats

This triumph is not really about me. I still have my smartphone and am not ready to make personal changes yet, though I probably should. My fellow carpool mother is the one who conquered here. We’ve been carpooling together for two years, and our main chats were on...
Tech Triumphs: Giving and Getting

Tech Triumphs: You’re Free

I am steadily working on controlling and cutting my tech use, but sometimes I worry that I am inconveniencing other people because of it. At times, I feel like my choice to minimize my tech use causes trouble for my friends and acquaintances by making me less...
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