Years ago when I realized I could not use my work email for personal use - I set up a Yahoo email address. I still use Yahoo Mail and view my RSS feeds via myYahoo page. So when Yahoo created a Mother Board program for outreach to mom bloggers, and I excited to participate. The first Mother Board Summit was mid-July, I was excited to see the fellow Motherboard members, meet … [Read more...]
CNET Report: Teen gets 15 years for Facebook BlackMail
**I took out the second part of this post - which I explain in a new post "A Disturbing New Term: CyberBlackmail". Click HERE to read that post.*** Today I read in Techmeme then on the CNET site a report: "Teen gets 15 years for Facebook blackmail". Here are some details from that CNET post: "Anthony Stancl, 19, plead no contest in December to two felonies, including … [Read more...]
Shopping Tech? Here Are Some Black Friday & Cyber Monday Tips
I shared many times over Twitter that although I am a "TechMama" my laptop needs replacing. I am a heavy computer user and my computer is over 2 years old. So this weekend I will be looking online for Black Friday Sales 2009 and Black Friday ads like many others. One of mom friend's computer died but she is waiting for this weekend to buy a new one. Other moms I know are … [Read more...]
It Was a TwitPic July 4th: Moms Using Social Media
Many of my mom friends comment how overwhelming social media is and I suggest taking things slow until you find your social media "mojo". For moms, I suggest a great place to start is Facebook for social and LinkedIn if you want to make business contacts. Start off setting privacy levels as high as possible, then open things as you see fit. Guy Kawasaki (a.k.a … [Read more...]
Liveblogging Pillow Fight With My3Boys – Part One
As I was frantically trying to sneak some blog posts in before bathtime tonight - about the tech conference I just came back from - I heard the dreaded words "P I L L O W F I G H T" coming from the other room where my 3 boys were playing. My husband is at a business meeting tonight, so there was no one else to "break it up". So what does a … [Read more...]