Twitter for the Common Man

Thanks to our friend, Matt, a local web geek and freelancer, E and I have been using Twitter. I have one account for me and another for AYW (because I immediately saw business purposes for the service). Our brother-in-law, Roy, has an account as do several of our “geekier” friends.[1] Twitter is designed to answer […]

Twitter

“Twitter in Plain English,” by Lee LeFever from Common Craft. http://www.youtube.com/v/ddO9idmax0o Bryan Person points out: The only critique I have — and it’s one that’s mentioned in some of the comments to Lee’s post — is that there’s no real mention of using Twitter beyond answering the site’s basic “What are you doing?â€? question. As […]

Finger Mouse

I have been sitting incorrectly at work. I lean on my right/mousing hand and then get something akin to a Tennis Elbow. It’s not huge, but I knew I needed to fix it. As Internet luck would have it, I stumbled across the Finger Mouse. It arrived the day of GAYla as I was cranking […]

Doing it all online

I no longer buy much software. Between old versions of things, free-trial downloads for extremely rare use, and stuff I have access to at work, I’m much more like to buy a game than I am anything for productivity. And now, a bona fide list to show you don’t have to buy software to do […]

Why Twitter is Good for Editors

Twitter.com It’s good for Editors (and headline writers, I’d guess). It’s 140 characters Max. If you have to say it “all” in 140 characters, including spaces; you are forced to say whatever it is concisely. You are forced to be direct and get to the point. You are forced to be straight up, which can […]

another web scam

w w w . z i p w i d e w e b . c o m zip web or, a the caller who telemarketed to me today called it, “zeepwed” scam scam scam…. but they were going to make me the Premier Business featured for the whole next month! yeah, right.

Holiday Tech for Pets

This collection of pet gadgets cracks me UP. My favorite: ” Digital camera for dogs Now, even the baby has his own digital camera, so the only member of the family without one is the dog. And what dog lover isn’t curious about how the world looks from their dog’s point of view? This .35 […]

No Wonder I Lose Stuff

Ok, so I have lost my Treo twice since June. Once, it was right where it fell out of my bag. The other time, we had to file insurance on it for all the damage it endured. Tonight, I figured out why it was so easy for it to fall out of the case. I […]