Technology has been called out on the carpet in recent articles about contributing to the decline of our a number of brain functions. We need not be so fast to judge … we have many examples of technology’s value, too.

The poem “No Tool or Rope or Pail” got me thinking about the importance of focus. Try for a day to focus just on the task at hand. See how much more you can accomplish.

{Editor’s note: this is excerpted from a real conversation JP had with his sister, speaking about their mother.} Sis: “You never said anything about her having more energy.” Me: “What are you talking about?” Sis: “You said it was brain fitness software, that it was going to improve her ability to focus and remember more.”