What’s the Mission?
Google+ is all the rage today — it’s a new social networking service launched by Google, currently available by invitation only. Basically, you put all of your Google contacts into circles like Friends, Family, Business, etc., and then you can follow things people choose to share. Sound familiar? Like, Facebook? Yeah. Anyway, people can post [...]
I learn a lot by reading. I’d say it’s my preferred method for learning most things. I don’t like watching information-packed videos; I can read faster and absorb it better. I fall asleep during lectures. My attention wanders when listening to something being read aloud. But most of what I’ve learned about using technology, I’ve [...]
My husband often accuses me of being addicted to the internet. And he admits that he sometimes has a problem too. Lately, I’ve found myself feeling too tired to get things done — but not too tired to play around on the internet! Sometimes I fool myself that I’m getting things done on the internet. [...]
I’ve been hearing chatter about 10/10/10 for months now. People on the internet often take note of interesting dates like, well, 8/8/8, 9/9/9, 10/10/10. And 07/08/09, 08/09/10, etc. It’s cute, but not terribly important. But more and more people kept mentioning 10/10/10, and well ahead of time (usually you don’t hear about it until a [...]
I mentioned in my car-free wrap-up that I’ve been doing the Couch to 5K running program this summer. Want to know more? Sure you do! There’s even a tech component. The Couch to 5K running plan was developed by Cool Running. It’s a nine-week program that starts you off by alternating 60 seconds of jogging [...]
Have you read Your Brain On Computers, from the New York Times? The article details the lives of a family that’s having trouble with heavy technology use, perhaps an Internet addiction. My husband often accuses me of being addicted to the Internet, and sometimes, when I stay up too late doing pretty much nothing, I [...]
I’d been planning to get a smart phone. Why? Not just because everyone’s doing it. Mainly because when I’m out and about in the community, I’d like to be able to post things to my local news site, ParkroseGateway.com. With a smart phone, I can snap and post photos and write up instant blog posts, [...]
I complained only yesterday that I have a drawer full of old cords and power adapters at work, which I can’t really use for anything. So of course today, I read on Mother Jones that I can re-use those cords — as coasters! Blogger Kiera Butler posted complete instructions for coiling an old power cord [...]
