I WONDER whether other women’s address-books are like Cynthia’s. Hers defies definition: it cannot be indexed or codified, but must be interpreted by its amazing creator. To give an idea of the system ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Earlier this year, I cleaned up my contacts and became interested in what the gender split would look like for my address book. Not only was it no better than my Twitter ...

Reader Kerry Schleyer offers this simple Address Book question: Can you tell me how to export my Address Book into an Excel or Numbers spreadsheet? You’d think there would be an easy way to do this.

Let’s say I have an old microwave to dispose of. I can’t just throw it out. So, I call the Oak Park Public Works Department to find out how to get rid of the microwave responsibly. I look up the phone ...

My address book has been dying a slow death. First I encountered the occasional loose page, then chunks of the alphabet. The last half of the M's sometimes getting misplaced in the T's or the W's. The ...