Roadtripping
I’m getting out of Chicago for a while & documenting my adventures on a disposable blog I call Roadtripping USA. It gives me the chance to do some social media integration, event documentation, and mobile commando action. You know, essential geek-girl type activities! I’ll probably do more behind-the-scenes technical commentary here and of-the-moment stuff there. FYI! … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Life
Decommissioning my cellphone
I picked up a new Samsung Propel last week to replace my dying Motorola flip phone. I use my tech until it’s on its last legs, so along with the three years of hard use there are three years of phone numbers, pictures and data on that sucker. I bought my phone at an AT&T store so they could set it up for me. I like to recycle when I can, so I planned to give them my phone while I was there. However I didn’t because the guy who helped me recommended taking it home “just in case” there was anything I wanted off the old phone. I’m glad he stopped me. I realized after looking at it that there’s tons of information on that phone, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Life
Modern brag books
Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed new parents using digital cameras to share the joy. I guess it’s faster and cheaper than printing copies, but I find it odd to see baby’s first pictures on the camera that took them. Why use digital cameras this way? I think folks are skipping the photo sharing sites to share directly with people that matter to them. It’s more private — only the people who need to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Life, Technology Shift
Meta Mobile Moment
I keep having cellphone revelations this week, so I guess this means my Motorola and I have bonded. Anyway… I forgot to print out the directions for the conference I’m attending tomorrow, which is nearly tragic since I’m directionally challenged and can’t find anything unless I lay out a trail of breadcrumbs. Instead of giving into panic or reaching for a notepad to write down the info, I whipped out my cell and took a snapshot … Read entire article »
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Practice Good Moblog Hygiene
My friends are picture phone maniacs! I get as many photos from them as I do text messages, which is all great fun. I love the random things they send me (skeletons with peace signs, zombies buying burritos, etc). As would be expected, they feel the need to share these photos with a larger community and zip them off to Flickr, too. Great! What I noticed this weekend was that one of my friends (cough-Dave-cough) wasn’t … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Life