Happy New Year everyone! As we welcome a new beginning, I'd like to introduce a few Techie Terms that you'll be seeing soon, if you haven't already. Future technology can be inspiring and fun, but it's decidedly not zen. And it can be scary. However - it's also unstoppable. Here are three new technology trends that will blow your mind....
Taking the Best of Technology and Leaving the Rest
I'm super excited to be a contributing writer at one of my favorite blogs, where today I talk about why I started writing Digital Zen. Visit me over at Frugal Mama, where I write about taking the best of technology and leaving the rest....
Let’s Do the Monster Mash
Did you know that Pandora has holiday themed stations like Halloween Party and Christmas Jazz? Pandora's free Internet radio is a great way to enjoy your favorites and experiment with new styles....
Need a Smile? Nab it on Fab
Stay Safe on Evernote, & One Big Timesaver
Last time I wrote about Evernote and cautioned against storing sensitive data there. Since then I’ve picked up some more features of this program that are worth sharing. Read on for two tricks to protect your data, and save some time....
Your Brain Is the Last Place You’ll Look for Information
...or so says the creator of Evernote, Phil Libin. An indispensable tool for the Information Age, Evernote helps you quickly save and retrieve all the information that interests you. It's like your own little subset of the Internet that you can curate, filter, and search from anywhere. Here's how I use it....
All Aboard the Two-Factor Band Wagon
The scary-sounding, non-scary little security setting that helps protect your major online accounts from hackers: two-factor authentication. We introduced this concept last February, and since then Facebook, DropBox, and Yahoo! have joined Google in offering this extra security measure. One minute to turn it on is well worth it....
Digital Disaster – Hackers Wipe Out a Life. Everything.
In the space of one hour, this Wired magazine journalist's entire digital life was destroyed. Here's what he regrets most....
A Car the Blind Can Drive
Google’s self driving car uses GPS, radar, lasers, and various Google technologies to enable a car to drive completely on its own. In this video you’ll see the car driving a 95% blind man effortlessly around town, stopping at stop signs and turning corners perfectly....
Fun News Site for Young Kids
Here There Everywhere is a news website written for elementary school-aged children. Its aim is to get kids interested in the people and places shaping our world. There are interesting stories covering science, space, weather, people, politics, and more. Mix some HTE headlines into your summer reading - it's good for kids, and a refreshing read for adults too....
