When Did Google Become a Verb?: American English as a Moving Target

American English continually expands, borrows, extrapolates, and otherwise becomes different from what it was just a short time ago. (…)

We’re on Our Way to a Great Year!
by Jean Fudge
Greetings, SWO! Our year is up and running! I’ve got a lot of news to share, and a few opportunities to pass along:
Special Event! (…)

This year, we’re dreaming of a White Christmas!
SWO STC is heading to LaComedia Dinner Theater for the December meeting. Please join us for an informal evening of socializing. (…)

by Harold Fox
Your challenge in the puzzler in the preceding number of this column was to come up with seven words, each of which words to incorporate one of the following three-letter fragments, appearing within the sought word in the order given. (…)

Connecting People and Knowledge
by Frank Girolami
We humans are wired to seek interaction with other people. Complex language and reasoning powers support your interactive nature. (…)

Blogging and Learning
by Frank Girolami

Blogs are an important part of today’s Internet. Some add to the collective body of knowledge, others are for fun. Some are long, others short. (…)

A Personal Journey
by Frank Girolami

Late in 2006 during my own personal study about informal learning, I read two interesting posts by Tony Karrer about using Web 2.0 tools for informal learning. (…)

If It’s Free, Is It Worth Downloading? (…)

Crystal Dunson-Watson Will Lead the Program
by Jean Fudge
The Active Member Program (AMP) heads into its fourth year under a new coordinator. (…)

Cool Tools Overview
by Jean Fudge and Tom Staubitz

If you missed the September meeting, here’s a review of our discussion about useful and affordable tools available via download from the Web. (…)