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Entries from April 29th, 2010

Indicators of Waste Heat

April 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Back to Basics

In my home we joke about the “digital hearth” — the warm surface above the amplifier and set-top box, a favorite place for cats to nap. Over the years we’ve learned that our cats are always the first to detect which electronics throw off the most waste heat. They’ve learned to discern the differences  between [...]

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Facebook Asks, Where Is Home? Who Are You?

April 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Social Media for Business

Identity is complicated, as I discovered when filling out a Facebook profile. Even seemingly simple questions like where is your hometown are not easy when you’ve lived in multiple places. For married women, there’s also the complication of which name (or combination of names) to use… Hometowns Facebook lets you name only one hometown. Its [...]

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Having Fun, The “Social-Techno” Way

April 15th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Social Media for Business, Tools & Technology

Today I managed to have fun while working. At long last I set up a personal Facebook page and uploaded some family photos. At the same time I transferred files and apps from a 2-year-old MacBook Pro to a brand new MacBook Pro (one of the models released earlier this week). I got the first [...]

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