Cell Phone Pet Peeves Just In Time for Cell Phone Courtesy Month

Okay, my cell phone pet peeves are many. But top on the list is being forced to listen to a one-sided conversation, having to listen to some ghetto fabulous ring tone, and being interrupted by ringing phones and text message notifications in the middle of a movie. I’ll admit I am liable for the occasional [...]

Google Voice for Everyone!

I love my Google Voice phone number.  It allows me a business number without the expense of an additional line.  It has become invaluable as a business tool for those of us on budgets!  You’re able to pick your area code and Google Voice will generate a phone number complete with a voice mail box.  [...]

Texting and Driving: Not Just the Kids

Parents: You’re setting a bad example when it comes to texting and driving.  Adults are just as bad as teenagers when it comes to texting.  According to a Pew Research Center study, 47 percent of adults who text said they have read or sent messages while driving.  That compares with 34 percent of texting teens. [...]

Indulge Me: My New iPad

Please indulge me. This post serves no useful purpose except for me to send my first blog post from my iPad. This is actually really cool and I probably shouldn’t be this excited about something that plugs in the wall. But, such is life. I have literally had this thing for less than two hours [...]

Personalize Your Google Search Page

Thanks to BlackWeb 2.0 for the head’s up on a new Google feature: Google announced that visitors of the popular search engine’s page will now have the ability to customize the page to suit their aesthetic whims. Thanks to the unassuming “Change Image Background” link in the lower-left corner of the site, people that want [...]

Is Your Password Easy to Hack?

Yes, we may think our creative minds make our online passwords difficult to hack.  But unfortunately many of us are creatures of habit and stick to what we know (and what we can remember).  Think your password is unhackable?  Microsoft has a Password Checker that will have many of us thinking of new ones!  Mine passwords [...]

iPhone Users Have An Ally in Congress

You sometimes prefer the devil you know rather than the devil you don’t.  That was my general disposition on AT&T.  When I read about AT&T raising its early termination fees for iPhones I almost choked.  Seriously?  $350 to get my freedom?  Well I’m apparently not the only one fed up, and this woman has a [...]

Reasons 684 and 685 Not to Tweet/Blog/View Stuff at Work

Reason #684:  Inc. Magazine writes about the recent firing of an employee Tweeting on the job and how delete does not equal delete: A St. Louis-area nonprofit has fired a 37-year-old office worker – after discovering that in her own time, the woman blogs about her polyamorous escapades. The blogger – a single mother whose blog is [...]

Playing it Safe on Facebook

CNN’s SciTech Blog highlights Facebook’s new safety center for users and parents: What should you do if your teen is being cyber-bullied on Facebook? How does the site work with law enforcers to investigate criminal activity? And what can you do if someone has posted a photo of you on Facebook that you don’t like? [...]

Basic Rules of the Road on The Net

Several months ago we stumbled upon a great “Top 10” net etiquette website on all things technology including email, cell phones, and social media.  Upon entering the site, you are greeted by the Top 10 Rules for Net Etiquette which transcends all media.  Our favorite of the Top Ten: Do not put anything you do [...]

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