This weekend, I’m attending my second Dallas WordCamp, a local event that showcases not just the amazing WordPress blogging system, but things you can do to make you a better blogger, designer, and community builder.
I attended my first WordCamp last year and I had an absolute blast.  I felt very at home in an auditorium [...]

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Staying up past my bedtime occasionally has its benefits…I was about to go to sleep when I received an email from WebIS that my long-awaited holy grail calendar and to-do app, Pocket Informant, had finally been accepted by Apple and released to the App Store.
Thank you, three hour nap! I am so happy that I [...]

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One of my favorite tech memes is “What’s In Your (Gear) Bag?”, where geeks empty their messenger bags, backpacks, and purses to show off the things they carry with them on a daily basis.  I also really enjoy reading about the gear that fellow techies use to enrich their lives–their main computer, their travel items, [...]

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My beloved (but sometimes also hated) i-mate JAQ3 must have heard through the grapevine that it’s getting replaced with an iPhone, because last week it decided to give up the ghost completely.  The poor thing has given me a good year and a half of hard use, so I really can’t blame it for wanting [...]

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My Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone is practically attached to my hand. I was lucky enough to win the i-mate JAQ3 in a contest over at Gear Diary last year, and ever since then the JAQ3 has been my go-to mobile device. It has some clear shortcomings, most obvious being poorer call quality than I’m [...]

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I always aspire to lead an organized life. Whether I actually am or not at any given point in time is really another story. (I am lucky enough to have a photographic memory and be able to put my hands on things that I need in my office or my apartment pretty easily!) I can [...]

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The newest model of Asus’ popular eeePC sub-notebook computer is set to drop in the United States on May 12 for $549. The eeePC 900 features a larger 8.9 inch screen, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and 1 GB of RAM stock. It will come in two flavors–a Linux version with a 20GB SSD, [...]

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After acquiring a hand-me-down, 600 pound HDTV (thanks in-laws!), my husband and I recently made the switch to an HD satellite install at our apartment. We moved our old DVR into the office and now have a nice, shiny HD DVR in our living room.
One of the things I’ve been waiting for was the [...]

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Amazon has debuted its new SMS purchasing service, TextBuyIt, allowing users to find and buy items from Amazon.com using their mobile phones.
Say you’re in the local bookstore, and you think that the art book you’re paging through would look fabulous in the middle of your new IKEA coffee table. But, it’s fifty bucks, and [...]

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