Tag: RuthK

More a snarl of threads than a web at the moment, but I am learning!

The recent announcement of upgrades to Facebook pages has sent me back to a puzzle that I started to attempt to solve some time ago. From my first Web presence in 1995 my “brand” has been RuthK, and for many years I have had a personal website at ruthk.net. Because I needed a place to…

February 14, 2011
OLLI – Be SMART! | … Add vitality to your years with a colorful diet & an active lifestyle.

Are you interested in lifelong learning? One of the best things that you can do to improve the function of your brain is to choose a healthy lifestyle! I invite everyone to visit the healthy aging blog, which I maintain in support of my online course for OLLI at UVa. The OLLI Be SMART blog…

February 9, 2011
Which eReader to choose?

The opportunities for lifelong learning are endless these days! I have written before about my Kindle – the one tech gadget that I can’t imagine being without. I find that it truly “disappears” just as a hand-held paperback does when I am engrossed in a novel. It is easy on the eyes, and just about…

January 5, 2011
Don’t retire your memory – Lots of opportunities for learning – Try Adobe Fireworks

Do you prefer hands-on learning to the more traditional courses and lectures? I was a college webmaster and instructor of web development for ten years, and one of the things that attracted me to the field in 1995 was the rapid pace of new software development, which meant that I had to run just to…

October 18, 2010
Everybody blogs—but who on earth reads them?

A very good question? My blogs are more an online journal for me to record things that I find interesting, but I have to admit that I do check the stats once in a while to see if anyone is reading them. I was thinking and talking about blogs for almost the entire day yesterday.…

September 28, 2010
Why learn how to use a computer? Bodies, computers and brains – HHS Health Beat

I have always loved solving puzzles, and using a computer can sure be a puzzle sometimes! I have spent many, many hours working on the computer since my first webmaster job in 1995, and I enjoy it more all the time. The hard part for me is remembering to get up and get that moderate…

September 16, 2010