A blog on Life, Love & The Pursuit of Techyness
Don’t lie and tell me you haven’t typed it into Google. I know I have (does that make me lame?) Anyway, regardless of my additions to Google search trends, I’ve come up with a short list of places that I search in order to find stuff to do on the weekend.* Source #1: Twitter First, [...]
I don’t know how I made it through the day before failblog, texts from last night, and fml. But what’s more interesting is the effect these sites have had on my life. Not only do I blog about them, kick off meetings (long meetings with the right people) with a hilarious new video or photo, [...]
I like tech. And people. But what I like the most is helping people with technology. Sure, I’ve received a few frantic phone calls in my time from family and friends that have gone something like… “ALANA!” “Hey, whats wrong? “I’m really sorry to bother you… BUT… I just spilled [coffee, water, hot tea, beer, [...]
While browsing new posts from my favorite preppy fashionista, I realized that it’s about time to tackle the “Web 2.0 chain letter” that seems to be invading collaborative outlets everywhere. Chain letters have evolved over time… first with cheesy letters, then emails, and now in social media, where one can attach multimedia to answer questions [...]
Over the past year, I’ve received a few e-mails, gChat messages, and IMs from friends who have mentioned to me that the Techyness is bringing them the news before some of the bigger names in news (not all the time, I’m just one girl!) Example #1- Online Savings (Retail Me Not, Online Coupon Codes) CNBC [...]
So, if you haven’t already heard, tag clouds are all the rage these days. So, why not create your own? Thanks to a few friends over at IBM research who created the code, Wordle was born, and it allows you to take a few words you enter yourself, del.icio.us profiles or even RSS feeds/webpages to [...]
Since I can’t get enough of blogging and social media technologies, I have joined up on a collaborative, cross-business team to do just that. After a few weeks of meeting, reading, writing and conference calls, the result is now “live” — the official IMLP Blog. The bloggers come from across GE businesses- Corporate, Infrastructure, C&I, [...]
Hard work. Yea, it’s a bit rough at time, but in the end it can really pay off. (Oh and blogs count for this too). Take my situation: I started Techyness in a quest to become “master of my own domain” to say the least. Some sleepless nights, 404 errors and browser incompatibilities later, I’m [...]
One cliché in particular comes to mind- “It’s not what you know, but who you know.” Personally, I am not a big fan of overused sayings, but opening up your network to new ideas, new points of view, and therefore new people is essential. Essential to personal, professional and also… technological growth. Last night, while [...]