Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Competition for PowerPoint

What would the world be like if there were only one flavor of ice cream, vanilla? Those of us who love caramel pecan would be sorely deprived.
What would the world be like if there were only one presentation software, PowerPoint? We’d all be mad as a hatter.  All college students and conference attendees would [...]

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Lazy Me

I just discovered a sweet new technology.  And, I have a blog where I discourse about said technology.  (Sometimes I write about technology here, too, but the other blog has been languishing for such a long time that I decided to post the information on that blog.)
But, I’m so excited about it, I thought I [...]

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

My Lil’ KupKake

What does every professional career woman need? What technology is a must-have? What Christmas present did my sweet husband give me that tickled my lil’ technology heart?
Why a little KupKake (2 GB USB drive), that’s what!
Imagine how impressed folks will be when I pull KupKake out to download files.  Imagine how envious my [...]

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Sweet Little App for my iPhone

My soul is giddy with technology glee.  Very giddy.  That’s because I discovered the application iTalk for my iPhone.  It is a free application — but it can be upgraded to the premium version for only $4.99.  There is a very small, unobtrusive ad at the bottom on the free version.
This application is about the [...]

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Polaroid: R.I.P.

Travel back in time with me circa the mid 1960s.  My father, who normally had his pictures processed as 35 mm slides, came home with a new invention. (For my sarcastic children who may be reading this blog, yes, we had electricity and, yes, we had indoor plumbing at the time . . .)  This [...]

Thursday, December 18th, 2008