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Early New Year resolutions

By ~LS~ On December 10, 2009 · Add Comment · In The Quotidian (yadda yadda) and tagged Tagged With: Goals, Holidays

Even though I’m exactly three weeks early, I’m declaring my resolutions today. It’s never to soon to get started on positive changes in your life, right?

In no particular order:

1. I resolve to be a better friend. There are so many friendships I have let slip away. Drfit is a natural thing in friendships, of course, but I seem to be quite good at letting people disappear for no real reason other than friendship laziness. Facebook has made this point abundantly clear to me by bringing people back into my life. Still, all I do is click on the lick button or drop a comment. I’m not good at calling people, sending emails, or much of anything else. This is something I will try to change. Christmas cards, however, are still pretty much out.

2. I resolve to socialize more. According to the Myers Briggs test, I am an [...]

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The Kindle and “Picard’s Syndrome”

By ~LS~ On December 6, 2009 · Add Comment · In Technology, The Web and tagged Tagged With: Books, Droid, Interface Value, Media Ecology, Tech Toys, Technoculture

Due to my recent tech splurge, I’m now the owner of a brand new Amazon Kindle, acquired just before Thanksgiving. I’m quite happy with it. Reviews all over the net are fairly accurate. I like the weight, the screen’s readability, the size, the forward and backward buttons. I don’t like the five-way toggle button and the lack of lighting to read in the dark. I don’t care about not having a touch screen since I despise fingerprints and smudges in almost OCD proportions. I found a cute Vera Bradley bag that fits the Kindle perfectly. I’m happy. The drawbacks and the politics of DRM management and not actually “owning” the intellectual property found in books have been discussed extensively elsewhere; there’s no point in reiterating them here. What I would like to talk about, however, is the utterly tactile experience of the Kindle.

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Droid Apps

By ~LS~ On December 1, 2009 · Add Comment · In Technology, The Web and tagged Tagged With: Apps, Droid, Tech Toys

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