So, we are part of the RecycleBank now..the recycling bin has a little gadget on it and we get points for how much we recycle. Those points can be redeemed for, well, more stuff. Kinda strange cycle but here is the widget, nonetheless….
Ada Lovelace Day: Honoring my Tweeps!
Today is Ada Lovelace Day and bloggers all over are posting about their favorite women in technology. I pledged to do the same. First, who is Ada Lovelace, you ask? She wrote the world’s first computer programs. How cool is that? If you want to know more, I won’t deny you! So, we are charged…
Keep Calm and Carry On…
What a great story! A poster from 1939 created by a British civil worker charged with creating propaganda to comfort the most certainly stressed UK as they faced the Nazis. There were three and this particular phrase was the one seen because it was designed for the even of a Nazi invasion. The poster was…
If I had an Oscar party tonight
I usually try to host an Oscar party. But, I am out of town this year so the party is only in my head (nothing new there!). The most fun before the party is figuring out the menu as I try to relate it to the nominations. Here is my virtual menu this year: Tropic…
Must. Try. This.
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Facebook Does an AboutFace(Book)
So, today when I logged into FB, I saw this: The pressure mounting from within and without Facebook was too much. After reading the Facebook blog, I don’t know if they caved or just clarified. According to Zuckerman (Facebook CEO), they never said they “owned” the content. Odd, I wonder what removing this phrase means…
How not to do a Term of Service change…lesson from the Facebook playbook
So, Facebook made some changes to their Terms of Service (TOS) and it caused a major uproar in the blogosphere, on the Twitterosphere (is that a word? Twitterspace? Twitterverse – I think that is what I have seen before. Anyhoo – at first, I was like, all, Wha? They can just use my stuff? But,…
Lincoln and Darwin: Two Extraordinary Lives
So, it is Feb 12. The 200th anniversary of the birth of both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. I recently went to the Smithsonian Museum of American History where they are mounting a year-long celebration of Lincoln and his life. The current exhibit did a nice job of tracing his life history. I read a…
Who I follow on Twitter
Yes, it took me a year to figure out the use of Twitter but I use it almost everyday for work and personal learning, news, entertainment, and more. Kinda cool to see everybody all together. Get your twitter mosaic here.
Whitehouse.gov – Before and After
The time for Change is also in the HTML.. Before & After: WhiteHouse.gov on Flickr – Photo Sharing!