Tag Archives: technology

Technology – a gift for providing community in troubled times

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Jane Fritz

The Internet was first developed by scientists for scientists, to allow scientists around the world to share data and enhance their ability to add to the body of scientific knowledge. A noble concept! With the now ubiquitous use of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life stories, Odds and Ends | Tagged community, COVID-19, Grandma's speech, group video conferencing, Internet, Skype, social distancing, technology, virtua discussion group, virtual coffee hour, virtual socializing, World Speech Day | 20 Comments

Highlighting Women in IT on International Women’s Day

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Jane Fritz

International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. Since it falls on Sunday this year, why not celebrate for the entire weekend! International Women’s Day has a surprisingly long history. The first Women’s Day was organized in New … Continue reading →

Posted in History and Politics, Leadership, Women | Tagged Ada Lovelace, advocacy, Barbara Wasson, Beatrice Worsley, Carolyn Watters, ENIAC women, Grace Hopper, Hidden Figures, inspiration, International Women's Day, Maria Klawe, motivation, STEM, technology, UNB, University of New Brunswick, women in IT, Xia Peisu | 14 Comments

Pondering my golden years — from the blog Where on Earth is Francine?

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Jane Fritz

This enjoyable blog post by Francine Sullivan might more appropriately be called “Pondering my pre-golden years”, since I think of the golden years as being, well, let’s say older than Francine. However, if you’re pondering your retirement years, I hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Just wondering, Odds and Ends | Tagged humour, inspiration, Retirement, technology | 2 Comments

I think I’m too old to give advice to young people

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Jane Fritz

I still remember when I was 10 years old and excitedly told my grandmother that I had bought my first 45 (rpm record), Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis Presley. I was 10; she was 75. She not only didn’t seem … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership, Life stories | Tagged advice, aging, compassion, courage, decency, family, George HW Bush funeral, getting old, history, humility, inspiration, kindness, perseverance, stress, stress in workplace, stress in youth, technology, worldview | 14 Comments

The end of eating?

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Jane Fritz

The other day, as a group of us grappled with the important question of the meaning of life (hey, someone’s got to figure it out!), a young colleague suggested that humans have evolved into far more complicated beings than was … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Odds and Ends | Tagged business, Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, eating, fulfilment, full meal replacement, happiness, innovation, IT, no cooking, Soylent, technology, U.S. | 14 Comments

50 years on: what’s the same and what’s different about computers and technology?

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Jane Fritz

Recently, I wrote a post about what’s the same and what’s different about heading off to university 50 years ago versus now. The 50th anniversary of having graduated from McGill had been the catalyst for this thought process. Shortly after … Continue reading →

Posted in Life stories, Odds and Ends | Tagged 50 years ago, careers, change, computers, computing history, history, IT, mainframes, punch cards, technological revolution, technology | 13 Comments

50 years on: what’s the same and what’s different when going off to university

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Jane Fritz

This is a year of anniversaries for me. Fifty years since I graduated from university. Fifty years since we were married. It seems like yesterday, but at the same time it’s got me thinking about what’s the same and what’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Life stories | Tagged college, curfews, first-year students, freshmen, history, new students, reminiscences, reminiscing, students, technology, university | 4 Comments

JFK and my mom both would have turned 100 this week: how much has changed, how much has not

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Jane Fritz

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born 100 years ago this Monday and my mother, Clare Wood Currie, was born 100 years ago this coming Sunday. When JFK was assassinated in 1963 – the shot that stunned a country and most of … Continue reading →