A blog on Life, Love & The Pursuit of Techyness
Everything is vying for our attention. EVERYTHING. And in time, maybe we’ll train ourselves to become better at managing the hierarchy of distractions (infographic shoutout!) but in today’s world, the expectations are increasingly becoming that we’ll repond to everything, from wherever we are and whatever we are doing. We bring our smart phones to bed. [...]
Couldn’t agree more. //via sfweekly Posted via email from lifestream de techyness
When I watched this trailer for the “twitter movie” I almost fell off my chair in my cube. Hope you have a similar response. and now for the social network trailer..
We all have a signature style in some way or another. Maybe you’re like Steve Jobs and the only thing that really varies is the amount of hair you have. Or maybe you have your own signature geek style. If not, here are a few ideas/inspiration to capture your own geek style: 1) Laptop/Gadget [...]
Thoughts, etiquette and even parodies of how technology fits into romance is found everywhere. So when MY MOM (yes my mom) sent me a newspaper clipping of this comic, I knew that: 1. My family thinks I’m addicted to technology (they’re probably right) 2. I’m not alone because I know a lot of [...]
In an effort of true green font proportions, font fans Matt Robinson and Tom Wriggelsworth decided to draw out large scale type of popular fonts to measure the total ink usage. As a measurement/six sigma dork, I am loving the data visualization piece of their effort… they used the remaining ink in the ballpoint [...]
Some believe that technology is better left at home while one is attending formal events. But what about gadgets that define elegance? While at a black tie event in Baltimore over the weekend (and trying to stuff gadgets into my small clutch) I realized that having elegant gadgets are part of the overall “look” at [...]
Nice girls are hard to find. When I was at my (all girls, catholic) high school, I was (already) little miss techyness. Even my “computer skills” teacher would often pull me out of my other classes to give demonstrations/help out. Sure, even the teacher called me “computer geek,” but I had a hard time finding [...]
Finding something for your mom (ok, well, any woman) can be a struggle. We’ve all been there. I have a reputation @ the wig company as a “gift consultant” for colleagues with girlfriends (let’s just say that I live vicariously through these gifts)… so I want to help pass along some of my ideas for [...]
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 [...]