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• Holiday = Perfect Opportunity for iPhone Travel Apps. March 3, 2010
  I am off for a looong weekend in London and Manchester. This is a perfect opportunity to try out some new iPhone apps. One night will be spent at a Dave Matthews concert, so I will try his app. I also have Urban Spoon for dining recommendations, I am preregistered to use Shoot It! for [...] […]
• Do Mom Bloggers Really Look Like This? March 3, 2010
  Few of the moms that I know look as radiant as the ladies on the Mom Bloggers Club’s banner. Apparently, the mom blogger segment is made up of elegant women that bedazzle with crisp white shirts and smiles. By definition, a website for mothers means that babies are involved. So where are the tears, eye baggage (from [...] […]
• Haiku & Twitter: Good Bedfellows? February 27, 2010
  I was inspired by a post about Twitter English (via richtextformat), which pondered the mechanics of being concise when composing a tweet. The author pulled some tweets from his feed and analysed them for economy and clarity. Editing for clarity or writing with a haiku mindset helps to put a social media speed bump in place. [...] […]
• Bring on the Pre-Teens! Assessing Blog Readability. February 26, 2010
  The Readbility Test Tool calculates a blog’s readbility. Analysing Almost Punk indicates that it is written to the level of a 6th grader. While this may sound insulting, I am actually pleased to know that pre-teens can come around for some fun. Some other stats: 10% of my words are complex and my sentences average [...] […]
• Workstations That Wow. February 25, 2010
  It’s hard enough being ergonomic and now the bar is being raised to be aesthetic, too? WDL trolled flickr and the web for some of the best looking workstations out there and I thought I would quickly post my favourite one. Of course, this nicely contrasts with my own workstation which is built upon a drop-leaf [...] […]