Pardon me for a little post about something that has been bugging me lately. The title of this could have gone… why I’m refusing to RSVP or otherwise attend any offsite parties at BlogHer this year… but that was a bit long. I’m a blogger. I like going to conferences. It’s a great place to network, learn and hang out with friends I don’t get to see very often, because people living in other states is lame. All my friends [...]
I love to look back and read my journals from when I was younger. I kept a pretty steady journal all through high school and the first part of college. I have several. I love reading through them and laughing about how dramatic I was, or just downright crazy. Whenever I pick up one of my journals from high school/college I get a little bit sad that I didn’t keep a better journal after I moved to California when I [...]
I’ve noticed a trend lately, and it’s one that I’m not quite fond of. Many of my blogger friends will likely agree, and already have experience with this, but most of my friends and readers aren’t bloggers, and therefore need to be informed as to what is going on. I saw a lot of my Facebook friends over the last few months sharing more and more recipes via Facebook. My entire stream gets filled up with images of super yummy [...]
Very recently I became fitness obsessed. It all started with the purchase of my FitBit, and really ramped up when I started my 8-week challenge with some friends, and has continued for a few months now. As I become more and more obsessed in my fitness journey I am finding things along the way I just can’t wait to share with everyone! So let me just start off by saying how much I LOVE technology! There are so many options [...]
So, as you may have seen/heard/etc I had the opportunity to attend the BlogHer Entrepreneurs conference in Silicon Valley a couple of weeks ago. It really was an amazing weekend! I went into the conference a little bit nervous, and as it started, I became even more so. Let me ‘splain… no, there is too much… let me sum up…. I have a business. It’s called Blogger’s Help Desk. I have also started a business that failed(ish) called Daily [...]
I have been working for as long as I have been able to. My first job was at Nordstrom, and my second job was at a law firm. This was not your typical high school student job, but I have always found joy in working hard. When you have been in the real world of business for a while, you learn things. Sometimes you learn them the hard way. If I could tell my younger self all of the things [...]
An opportunity came across my email recently that was just such a perfect fit for me that I could not pass it up. Lucky for me I was chosen for the opportunity, and I’m super excited to tell you about it! BlogHer runs a conference every year, well, they run LOTS of awesome conferences, but this one is called BlogHer Entrepreneurs. If you want to take your idea or business to the next level, then you definitely want to attend [...]
At the beginning of January I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket. I was at the register of the AT&T store and saw the fitbit One. I picked it up, and compared/contrasted it to the fitbit Zip. I thought to myself, “would I really need/use a sleep tracker? Was it worth the extra expense to go with the One? I decided to go for it and purchased the One. I could not be happier with my [...]
The USPS announced today that, starting in August, they will no longer be delivering mail on Saturdays! They will continue to deliver packages on Saturdays though. This decision, I’m sure, didn’t come lightly. Personally I think it’s an excellent move on their part. First, the amount of mail going through the USPS is much less these days. I rarely get anything in the mail. I try and get paid mostly through Paypal, almost ALL of my bills arrive in [...]
My husband and I got married around 2001. Around 2003ish we purchased our own condo, and now that we didn’t have to rely on whatever system of TV the apartment complex was using, we could do whatever we want. He has been working for Best Buy for quite a while, and we decided to purchase a TiVo! We absolutely fell in love. I remember one day I was at work (and this was long before we had kids), I was [...]
I have 3 computers. I use them all. My kids share a laptop (I have 2 kids) and then my husband uses the downstairs computer. That’s 5 computers, for a 4 person household. Not to mention phones (I currently have 2 that I use regularly), tablets, the Roku, Playstation, xbox, you are getting the idea, right? So I need solutions that not only go to my phone, but my PC, and my other PC, and my tablet, etc. So I’ve [...]
I am not a stickler for resolutions, but I do believe setting technology based goals are very important in my life. With all of the vast advances and improvements in technology, it is one of my biggest fears to fall behind. And let’s be honest, new tech is so incredibly fun I don’t want to miss out! So here are some of my personal tech goals for this year: -Organize and archive my family photos We have two terabyte drives that we use for [...]
