(Host) New technologies are replacing some basic skills, like how to use a fax machine or keep a record player from skipping. As technology writer and commentator Helen Labun Jordan watches her ability to do things like write cursive fall out of fashion, she's also noticing how these changes force us to re-examine what underlying value old skills might have.
(Host) The weeks before Thanksgiving are when we're thinking about traditional food the most. But through her work at e-Vermont, commentator Helen Labun Jordan has gotten used to ideas that are more about the future than the past. And lately, she's been contemplating the future of cooking, and what new technologies may soon be arriving in our kitchens.
(Host) In her work at e-Vermont, commentator Helen Labun Jordan reads and writes quite a bit, but recently she decided to pursue a writing degree - and while she's enjoying the experience, it's made her start to wonder about the future of hobbies.
(Host) In her work at e-Vermont, commentator Helen Labun Jordan has learned - and taught - many new online tools. Along the way she's realized that the way we learn is fundamentally shifting.
(Host) It's an old saying that we're limited only by our imaginations... and maybe it isn't exactly accurate. But as she works to help Vermont communities discover the benefits on-line networking, commentator Helen Labun Jordan has started to look at that possibility from a new perspective.
The Vermont Senate has passed a bill designed to jump start farm and forestry projects. The "working lands" bill sets up a board that will oversee a fund to promote agriculture and forest ventures.
Senate President pro tem John Campbell says he considers it the most important economic development bill the Senate has passed this session.
Senate Natural Resources and Energy Chair Ginny Lyons says it's an important bill that brings forestry and forest products into a new era.
Vermont Public Radio ~ (Host) The House has given its strong support to legislation that's designed to provide opportunities to strengthen the state's agricultural sector.
The legislation allocates just over $2 million to help launch new businesses and to create a manufacturing and processing infrastructure to support those ventures.
VPR's Bob Kinzel has more:
(Kinzel) Backers of the bill said the legislation is needed if Vermont is going to maintain a working landscape for decades to come.
Everyone who uses the Internet has their pet peeves about websites, things like graphics that don't work on slow connections, or text that gets jumbled if you use the wrong browser. In her work, commentator Helen Labun Jordan helps Vermonters make better use of online tools, and she thinks its time to take these grievances more seriously. Click HERE to read or listen to the commentary on VPR's website...
03-05-2012 ~ Tuesday is Town Meeting Day, when many Vermonters value debating local issues and interacting with their local government in person. But, as VPR's Kirk Carapezza reports, many voters increasingly expect their towns to take advantage of the digital world as well. Click HERE to read or listen to the story on the VPR website.
(Host) When social networks are something you have online, and side-by-side texting replaces conversation, it seems as if there’s little hope for personal communications in the modern age. But Commentator Helen Labun Jordan has a more optimistic perspective. Click HERE to read or listen to her commentary.
(Host) New technologies are replacing some basic skills, like how to use a fax machine or keep a record player from skipping. As technology writer and commentator Helen Labun Jordan watches her ability to do things like write cursive fall out of fashion, she's also noticing how these changes force us to re-examine what underlying value old skills might have.