The Blog is the chronological stream of my authored work on paco.org: essays, observations, technology history, professional reflection, and material worth carrying forward.
Start Here
- Featured — a small editorial selection of authored work that best represents the site.
- Technology — computing, software, systems, programming, the web, and technology culture.
- Teaching — instruction, learning, curriculum, and teaching technology.
- Computing History — older systems, personal computing, Internet history, and the experience of technology over time.
- Journalism & Media — a curated record of newspaper, design, publishing, and multimedia work.
Historical Collection
- The Loudmouth — the preserved 1980s publication archive, maintained separately from the Blog stream.
Recent Posts
- Useful websites worth bookmarking — June 8, 2026 · Technology
- Show your work, even when it hurts — May 27, 2026 · Teaching
- 50 Best Websites — April 4, 2026 · Technology
- Can Gmail survive the cyberattacks era? — April 16, 2024
- Origins of Paco — December 7, 2022
- Everything We Got Wrong — September 4, 2022
- Best Parking in the West End — August 11, 2022
- Pink, pink, pink — September 1, 2018
- And then All Things Changed — October 22, 2017
- An important song for me — November 17, 2016
- Rhiannon — August 2, 2016
- Let's try eating less and exercise — July 30, 2016
- Top of the mornin’ — April 5, 2016
- I thought you died alone, a long, long time ago — March 31, 2016
- Once Upon A Time — June 17, 2015
- The Stitcher Scare — June 8, 2015
- The Digital Calculator Blues — March 5, 2015
- I won't tell anyone if you don't — December 6, 2014
- It's Always Better if You Use a Tripod — October 20, 2013
- Use your powers for good, people — October 16, 2013
Browse Further
The archive includes material from earlier versions of this site. Older posts are preserved as records of what I was thinking, learning, or working on at the time; they should not automatically be read as descriptions of my current views or professional work.