Quora and credits

April 23, 2012

Over this past weekend I started messing with Quora again. I happened to search for a few things on Google and Quora answers kept popping up in the search results. So I decided to revisit the site and see what was up. I wrote about Quora on this blog over a year ago. At the [...]

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Pandora, please stop trying to break up my marriage

April 20, 2012

Dear Pandora, I find it a little disconcerting that you’re constantly trying to get me to see other people. Granted, your proposition is very compelling. After all, who could resist the super professionally designed ads that match.com is running on your website? “View Singles in Atlanta” – with the ability to select an age range [...]

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I finally figured out my plan for email, to-do’s, note-taking, and the cloud

April 19, 2012

I don’t know about you, but I’m always trying to figure out the optimal way to use all the digital services/platforms available to me. And I’ve really struggled over time with how to use email effectively, how to keep track of my to-do list, where and how I should take and store notes, and how [...]

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If you have more than three priorities, you have NO priorities

April 13, 2012

Can’t remember where I saw this, but I remembered it and at this moment in time it really speaks to me: If you have more than three priorities,   you have NO priorities.  

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Google Glasses sound amazing…kinda wish someone else was making them instead

April 12, 2012

I think its important that I start this post by emphasizing that a) I love new technology and b) I love Google. Let’s start with the first point. If you know me, or know this blog, you know I love new tech and innovation.  So when I see the new Google Glasses videos and articles [...]

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What will Facebook buy next?

April 11, 2012

Engauge’s own social leader, @teresacaro, gives her thoughts in yesterday’s USA Today: Instagram signifies a change in direction from Facebook’s previous strategy of buying, at bargain-basement prices, small-staffed companies that are on the “downslide” with smart founders, says Teresa Caro, vice president of social marketing at Engauge, a digital-marketing agency. After getting location-based service Gowalla [...]

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My take on the Instagram Facebook acquisition

April 10, 2012

Yesterday Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars. Last week, Instagram received funding that valued the company at $500 million. So the question is, why did Zuck pay double the valuation for Instagram? Mobile and photos. Instagram, like Path, is a mobile-only network. And Zuck, like many of us, knows that mobile is everything. And [...]

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If you’re looking for a fun iPad game…

April 5, 2012

Super light on posts this week as I’m “off” this week (spring break with the kids). Back in full force next week. What I DID do this week is download a couple of games for the iPad and now I’m completely addicted to Kingdom Rush. It’s a tower defense game, which are my favorite, and [...]

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Fake Grilled Cheese #aprilfools

April 2, 2012

Yesterday was April Fools’ Day and my sister passed me a link to Fake Grilled Cheese. I think she found it on Pinterest, you know, the place everyone finds everything (like my Pinterest page where you can find super important things like Fletch disguises and Spider-man memes). What you see below is the concoction I [...]

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This is the crappiest startup I’ve ever heard of

March 30, 2012

That’s right. It’s shitter. I think I’m going to dump all my other startups and invest in shitter. I’ve got a feeling this isn’t just another crappy social networking idea. I think these guys are going to wipe up the competition. Twitter must be pissed. The shits really going to hit the fan when @ev [...]

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