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Dear Twitter, I Love You

by Jessica Gottlieb on March 16, 2010 · 14 comments

My friend George says that blogging is just a gateway drug. If that’s the case, then Twitter is heroin.
It’s entirely possible that you got an email from me last night that looked like this:
I need your help on twitter.
Can you ask everyone to put #RefreshGary in their stream once every two hours.
Mark [...]

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Tech Talk Tuesday: Three Tips and an Observation

by Jessica Gottlieb on March 2, 2010 · 4 comments

Three bits of Netiquette you may have missed:
Comments: When you go to leave a comment on my blog (and most others) you’ll need to add your name, email and an optional URL. If you have a link to point people toward, this is the place for the URL. When you add a URL in the [...]

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Yes I did. I called it a fatitude.We have a collective attitude about fat, and individually everyone has one. Some of us whisper our opinions, this week Southwest Airlines and Kevin Smith are very vocal about their fatitudes.
Do not be deceived. Kevin Smith’s row with Southwest Airlines is not about fat, it’s about deciding who [...]

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Tech Talk Tuesday: Earned Trust, Privacy and Apps

by Jessica Gottlieb on February 9, 2010 · 3 comments

Do not read this post. Seriously, stop what you’re doing right now and read this:
The Decade Of Publicy Stowe Boyd
After, and only after you have read Stowe’s fantastic post, please continue reading below.
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Tech Talk Tuesday: iPhone Apps For Kids

by Jessica Gottlieb on February 2, 2010 · 1 comment

I’ve had a super busy day today, but I know many of you come here looking for technology each week.
Today I found out about a great new iPhone app. The American Museum of Natural History (you know the iconic one in New York the one everyone knows) has released an iPhone app. It’s free and [...]

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Tech Talk Tuesday: Copyright, Flickr and Photography

by Jessica Gottlieb on December 22, 2009 · 5 comments

It’s really great when you’re a blogger to include photos in your posts. I don’t do it, because I take crummy pictures, my mom takes great pictures, and she posts one almost every day at iPhone Gran. Check it out, you’ll like it.
Here’s the issue with photography. It’s simple to go to google or flickr [...]

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Lala.com The Game Changer

by Jessica Gottlieb on November 6, 2009 · 3 comments

Check it out at LaLa.com licensed music, free, online.
I’m not sure that it’s a business model that’s good for musicians, but business and art aren’t often a marriage.
It’s an incredible start up, you can play music straight from your browser, so it doesn’t take up precious space on your hard drive. With over 6 million [...]

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Tech Talk Tuesday

by Jessica Gottlieb on October 27, 2009 · 2 comments

I’m running out to the 140 Conference.
I’ll be all ears and hopefully have a new application to talk to you about next week. For the time being I’ll share a little secret with you. If you go on twitter and follow @BMaso you’ll be privy to the short but sweet thoughts of one of the [...]

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Tech Talk Tuesday: MeeHive

by Jessica Gottlieb on May 26, 2009 · 7 comments

A few weeks ago I got an email from MeeHive asking me to check out their site. “I would totally love to,” I replied, “but I’m really busy playing tennis and not putting out any quality content.”
“OhMyGoodness,” they responded, “you can subscribe to tennis news on MeeHive, and we would love to talk to you [...]

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LA Tech Scene: We Have The Hottest Nerds In the World

by Jessica Gottlieb on March 26, 2009 · 8 comments

I almost can’t write today, my liver is in a state of rebellion, my eyes are glassy and my brain is fried. However, I’ll sit here for a moment and give you a quick recap of Digital LA, where the nerds are beautiful.
The plan was for me to carpool with Kim Prince and meet my [...]

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