My daughter in Brooklyn writes: “I keep buying socks and dropping them at shelters, I keep texting donations to NYCares, I keep buying things off the Amazon Sandy Registry. Everyone I know has done something to help with Hurricane Relief Efforts but it is still not enough. How do we fix this? After watching twelve […]
The Veil Between The Worlds Lifts
A Personal Reflection on All Souls Day Momma would have been 98 today. My best friend as a teenager / high school, Kim Marie, would have been 56 tomorrow had she not died at age 21. A once good friend who no longer speaks to me because I’m a progressive was 56 yesterday. These personal […]
Follow Friday: Networked, Tweeted & Pinned
WHAT IS #FF Two weeks ago, I mentioned the need to use the #ff hashtag on Twitter more effectively. My experimental change to this end has begun. #ff is a Friday meme on Twitter that is connoted by the #ff hashtag and is used as a way to promote Tweeters you follow and find interesting. […]
Apps, Apps, Apps…
It is Wednesday, so it is my day to announce my App of the Week, but you will have to read on to find out what it is. Why. Because I am still debating what to feature even as I write this. So you will get a mini-tour of some of the stuff I’m using […]
Posting, Pain, and Procrastination
As much as I like the motivation that group posting events like National Blog Posting Month, aka NaBloPoMo, provide, I also detest failure. I have had enough failure in my life already. Because I am a stubborn, I tend to hang on longer than I should. The concept of cutting my losses is not one […]
Word Play – Wonks, Geels, Nerds
I've been accumulating apps which allow me to play with the graphic presentation of text. Nerdy, in a wordy sort of way. TypeDrawing created this image: Symbolizer did these: ⓝⓔⓡⓣⓗⓤⓢ ЯƎᗩƧ⚙И C̤̈ЯƎƎƘ And, while watching puppy, I have also been wasting time wondering about what distinguishes a wonk from a geek from a nerd. […]