As part of the PSP Family Fun campaign, Sony armed me with a Special Edition PSP 3000 with Rock Band, loaded some age appropriate content for my kids, and sent me both the high tech (Flip Camcorder) and low tech (Moleskine) for me to document our use of our PSP throughout the summer. I have…
T-Mobile Garminfone Giveaway!!
The T-Mobile Garminfone giveaway is live! To enter, visit the T-Mobile BlogHer ’10 tab on your Facebook account and tell me what mobile applicaiton you can’t live with out in the Discussions section. The best answer wins! Good luck! For disclosure, please visit my previous post “T-Mobile BlogHer Memories & Garminfone Giveaway.” Thanks for reading…
Apologies! T-Mobile Garminfone giveaway begins tomorrow!
If you clicked over to the T-Mobile Facebook page and were frustrated not to find the Garminfone giveaway, I owe you a huge apology. Despite all my tech-savviness, apparently I can’t read a calendar. The Garminfone giveaway starts tomorrow, August 3. Hangs head in shame. So please do click over and enter tomorrow! I promise…
T-Mobile BlogHer Memories & Garminfone Giveaway
I’m getting ready to attend my third BlogHer and feel like it wasn’t that long ago that I attended my very first conference in San Francisco in 2008. At the time I registered, I had only been blogging for a month and was still a newbie 6 months later. Needless to say I was nervous…
President Obama Addresses the National Urban League to Speak About Education Reform
On Thursday I had the opportunity to hear President Barack Obama speak about education reform at the National Urban League’s Centennial Convention. Held at the massive Washington Convention Center, President Obama arrived by helicopter to fulfill his promise of speaking at the convention if he was elected. The theme of the speech was empowerment and…
An invitation to hear President Obama speak? Yes, please!
What would you do if you got an invitation to hear The President speak about education reform? Yes, me too! Hello President Obama! I reluctantly left the cocoon of the SF Bay Area after a two week parental visit we enjoyed beautiful weather, great food, and a relaxing time after the Yahoo! MotherBoard Summit….
Plug In and Cool Off with Brands Unlimited M&M Products (giveaway)
Summer in DC has been hot and steamy as usual but feels especially worse after coming home from a two week stint in the San Francisco Bay Area where summer temps set records due to chilliness! If you are feeling the summer heat like I am, perhaps you need a Brands Unlimited M&M USB Fan…
My BlogHer Must Haves
This time next week I’ll be at BlogHer with 1000 other blogging women and a few men at the largest blogging conference of the year. If you are coming, please highlight the Room of Your Own on Resource Blogging (August 6, 2:45-4 pm) where I’ll be speaking with Jessica (A Parent in Silver Spring), Amy…
Percy Jackson & the Olympians Delights Readers & Viewers
The Percy Jackson series was a huge hit among the 5th graders at my school this year and left them wanting to know more about Greek gods and goddesses. It was absolutely amazing that they chose to research topics like Pandora, Aphrodite, Zeus, Kronos, and Artemis for their independent research topics. If your child is…
Adding ALT Tags to Images
After posting about meeting with the Yahoo Accessibility Lab, all of my posts going forward will include ALT tags for images. ALT tags are included with an images HTML to ensure those who use screen readers due to visual impairment will know what images are included on a web page. Usually when you upload a…
