A blog on Life, Love & The Pursuit of Techyness
After noticing the new “technology” section in the Daily Orange, Syracuse University’s campus newspaper, I decided to email the editor and ask if they were looking for any contributing writers. The result: a feature article in the “technology” section based on my previous blog entry on coupon codes. Check it out here. Article Text below: [...]
iSchool Senior Received Honorable Mention in CRA’s Outstanding Undergraduate Award Competitionhttp://ischool.syr.edu/about/news.aspx?recid=491 Hi, I’m Alana, and that iSchool senior is me. Yesterday, I was walking home from pilates and the trusty (and new) BlackBerry (8830 world edition) was buzzing feverishly. I looked down, expecting a new facebook wall post or perhaps an email from a group [...]
I was planning my journey home to Ohio for Thanksgiving break when my mom called and suggested that I stop somewhere and stay the night (mainly as I am a terrible nighttime driver) Anyway, I went online and started to check out my options- I usually check out sidestep.com first and then go for your [...]
An Internet connection + a computer – free time + a love for shopping = online shopping! Yes, I love to shop online. Not as much as shopping in a physical retail environment, but it’s a quick fix when driving to the mall is not an option. In exploring this increasingly evolving retail “place” (One [...]
We all remember the line from wedding crashers, “You know how they say we only use 10% of our brains? I think we only use 10% of our hearts.” Well I was sitting in class today, and somehow this concept came to mind- mainly it was during a presentation given by a representative from Harris [...]
It was the morning of September 19th, and I was on my way to meet and have a private Q&A with the Chief Justice of the United States of America. As I was walking across campus, i couldn’t help thinking how the chief justice would answer my question, which, i had a feeling, was going [...]