As a new owner of a Kindle DX, I was really hoping to fall in love. We’re on the verge of heading to Cape Cod for a family vacation, so I was looking forward to carrying my personal library in a highly portable 1-pound package. Friends have been singing Kindle’s praises for several years. The [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tools & Technology'
Kindle: Reasons for Not Falling in Love
August 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Bookshelf, Tools & Technology
Tags: Kindle DX
Where Are the Books in French for Kindle?
August 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Bookshelf, Marketing, Tools & Technology
A francophile friend is eagerly trying to buy French books and periodicals for her new Kindle DX. She splits her time between Seattle and France, and would love to consolidate her reading materials electronically for practical reasons. Fueled by optimism, she bought a third generation Kindle last Friday. She loves Kindle’s promise, but disenchantment is [...]
Serendipity, or Applied Intelligence?
June 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Social Media for Business, Tools & Technology
To help you get more value from my postings, I added the LinkWithin widget to my blogs today. This widget can automatically suggest, for any new post, related stories found elsewhere within the blog. I’m still getting a feel for what it considers to be “related” — and am already chuckling at some of its [...]
Tags: blogging tools
Why Does Facebook Make It So Difficult?
May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Social Media for Business, Tools & Technology
I’m delighted to get back some control over my privacy settings in Facebook. Unlike Facebook’s founder, I believe I own my relationships, and I should be in complete control over who gets to see what. Having said that, I’m upset that Facebook forces me to waste so much time monitoring my privacy settings and profile [...]
Working Toward a Balanced Life
May 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Back to Basics, Tools & Technology
Lately I find myself engaged in conversations about people’s desire for a more balanced, nourishing, or purposeful life. With friends, family or even professional colleagues, certain topics keep cropping up: exercise and wellness, yoga (or my friends’ passion for Nia), life/work balance, relationships that nourish, meaningful work. On the flip side: frustrations with dispiriting, soul-sucking [...]
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 [...]
Tags: MacBook Pro i7
From Yoga to Thesis, A Morning’s Work
March 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Tools & Technology
My friends think I’m a closet geek and tease me for being somewhat technically adept (except when they want tech support). Today I was almost convinced of that myself. I went off to an early morning class at Yoga Bliss, and then before changing out of my yoga wear, updated my business blog’s framework to [...]
Tags: Thesis 1.7·WordPress
“Open Table” for Yoga Bookings?
February 3rd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Tools & Technology, Yoga
As a busy yoga enthusiast, I sometimes wonder what would happen if yoga studios within a given metro area agreed to an “Open Table” model for class bookings. (Open Table is a centralized reservation service for restaurants that operates in major cities, including iPhone and other smartphone apps.) In an ideal world I’d take 6-8 [...]
Tags: MindBody
Mortgage Refinancing: A Brave New World
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Back to Basics, Tools & Technology
We’re in the midst of refinancing our home, to take advantage of the current attractive rates. It’s been an eye-opening experience to see how the process has evolved since we last refinanced 5-8 years ago. The lenders’ reliance upon web-based data collection services has certainly eased our burden,
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Following Through on New Year’s Resolutions
December 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Back to Basics, Creativity, Tools & Technology
It’s that time of year again, time to review what worked (and what didn’t) in 2009, imagine new possibilities, dream, and set intentions for the coming year. I’ve been enjoying the process of setting some actionable goals for 2010, while identifying some larger aspirations that I’d like to translate into action. To prepare my plan [...]
