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…
Technology
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…
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…
Yahoo Accessibility Lab Works Towards Computer Access for All
After spending a day at Yahoo attending the Yahoo MotherBoard Summit and learning about the different aspects of the brand (more on that later!), one of the most captivating conversations I had was with the Yahoo Accessibility Lab. Through the Accessibility Lab, Yahoo ensures that every product they make is accessible to every user. Outside…
Summer of Sony PSP
For the past four weeks, I’ve been sharing my family’s experience with the Sony PSP with you as part of the #PSPFamilyFun Campaign. Today I’m wrapping up my posts with a video that I created as part of my final task which was to use the FlipCam that I got with my Summer Fun Kit…
Yahoo! I’m going to Yahoo!
The kids and I made it to California, specifically Palo Alto- my hometown and the heart of Silicon Valley which is home to the tech companies we know, love, and can’t live without like Apple, Hewlett Packard, eBay, PayPal, and Yahoo. Speaking of Yahoo….I’m so excited (like BlogHer excited!) about spending the next two days…
Sony PSP Combines on the Go Reading & Gaming for Summer Fun
Our PSP came preloaded with three following mini (or lite) games that were selected due to age appropriateness for our kids (ages 4 and 6): Supermarket Mania– A game where we have to use the joystick controls to race around the store and keep it stocked with the items our customers want. Pile Up Bakery–…
VTech MobiGo- Shooting game masquerading as educational game?
Would you purchase a product that billed itself as educational but contained a shooting game? What if you didn’t know a company was including a shooting game with a device you were purchasing? I received a sample of VTech’s newest product, the MobiGo ($59.99) and the Touch & Learn Game Pack cartridge that comes standard…
Comics Go Digital on the Sony PlayStation Portable
Little Miss Techie loves to read and recently she’s been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the weekend for the delivery of the Sunday comics at our doorstep. Watching her sitting at our kitchen table reading through the comics and hearing her giggle reminds me of how much I loved the comics at her age too….
#LosetheLaptop Update- Using my HTC Tilt2 to Score a Deal on a New Hybrid
Who in the world takes their cell phone with them and uses it as a tool for comparison shopping when buying a new car? I do! I’ve reached a new level of geekdom by bringing my HTC Tilt2 to the car dealership so I could use Windows Mobile to read our car comparison spreadsheet! Since…
