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Amin,

What cultural differences... or way of life differences... make the difference in infrastructure and transportation systems in Afghanistan? What would you design differently there than here?

posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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Phone centered call centers are having difficulty hiring people to talk on the phone because of "chat" talking. Maybe my age will finally be an asset.

posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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How much telephone time did you have as a teenager? An hour or two? Did your parents get a second line? Actually, I'm seeing my girls connect with more friends through chat or FB.

On the other hand, my husband is the one suffering from constant communication overload. His Blackberry has been his "Crackberry".

posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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I'm 55 and I text, Facebook, Tweet, etc. Texting is sometimes the appropriate method of reaching someone via their cellphone quickly without causing a lot of noise.

But, my kids are on media way too much. Still, it's interesting to see that they may have over a hundred "friends" online, and be "talking" with many of them at one time. Talk about mutl-tasking! But is that bad? I've read brain research that found people who multitask online actually develop better connections between their frontal lobe and the cerebral cortex.

posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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Given Oregon's landuse laws that encourage density, is there enough room on an average lot to install a geothermal heat pump? or would whole communities prosper from installing systems within neighborhoods? Can planners adopt policies to designate geothermal neighborhoods? Damascus is one such community being close to Mt. Hood and possible geothermal vents, but many residents fight re adverse to planning.

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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