For a long time, Dr. LaVerne Gray Davis wrung her hands about the way that personal technology has infiltrated all aspect of life, changing social dynamics, shortening attention spans, and ruining the art of dinner conversation.

When Davis banned iPads, iPhones, and the like from her family's dinner table, she ended up eating alone. So, instead of going against the tide of technology, she decided to embrace it and look for the positive ways it has changed her life and the lives of everyone around her.

In this collection of short, humorous essays and anecdotes, Davis muses about the...