A blog on Life, Love & The Pursuit of Techyness
This past Thursday evening, I was giving a presentation on how technology/the web has advanced since the “PC era” and how we got to this age of Twitter, Facebook, Cloud Computing and awesome mobile applications. During this presentation, a member of the group asked me to explain what a mashup was (because it was on [...]
[It's about that time when you may be on hold... trying to return that holiday gift, or even trying to figure out how it works. So, kids, this one's for you. ] There’s nothing worse than being on hold. Maybe you’re on your iphone/droid/blackberry (stranded without a headset) so you’re holding the thing to your [...]
For July, I decided to put together a few of my top “crushes” out there on the ‘net. 1. Pete Cashmore. Mashable CEO Maybe it’s the accent. Maybe it’s the fact that he started mashable.com (of which I am a fan). For a fun video tribute to Pete, check of ValleyWag’s video where some photos [...]
Continuing along with my current theme of managing your digital identity (or multiple identities if that’s more your style), I’ve realized that not everyone is aware that things could, well, be a little bit easier with the introduction of the right tools. Consider the following situations and my proposed answers (comment if you have something [...]
There’s nothing more frustrating than going to a site and noticing that it’s down. Especially if there’s a great sale at J.Crew / your favorite online retailer and you can’t access it. It’s just frustrating. Instead of continuously hitting F5 (refresh) or trying to get into the site in a brute force kind of way, [...]
In honor of starting out a new workweek, I only felt it appropriate to write a post about one thing that makes our commutes a little more like this…. A new startup, TrafficJot, is one of the better anti-traffic sites that I’ve found on the ‘net thus far. Mainly because it relies on user collaboration– [...]
Netflix and I have been seeing each other for a long time. (We’re going on our 2 year anniversary.) However, Netflix currently does not remember my past (renting habits.) Sure, Netflix sends e-mail updates on when your last rental was returned and also displays whats coming up next… but that’s where the options end (sorry). [...]
There’s nothing worse than being on hold. Maybe you’re on your blackberry (stranded without a headset) so you’re holding the thing to your hear for an hour, listening to some terrible music on repeat <— I’m THAT girl. Maybe you’re at home on an old-school phone with a cord and can’t move from your current [...]
I’m a loud talker. Especially at the office. Let’s just say that my cube neighbor is a pretty cool guy for putting up with me and the amount of time I’m on the phone every day. So, he came across an online application that solves one problem that hits his (productivity) bottom line– me. It’s [...]
It’s a (basically) normal Monday afternoon. I’m hanging out at the Energy corporate headquarters in Atlanta, waiting for a few email responses, so I decide to get a head start on my weekly post for the GE IMLP Blog. (Mind you, my blog used to come up in the first results page in google for [...]