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Category Archives: tech

Don’t Call on Me

As much as I love to talk, I really don’t like talking on the phone. There are a few people I like to chat with, but for the most part, I prefer getting emails and texts to phone calls. Part of it is because I generally have some social anxiety when calling someone or answering [...]

The e-Book User’s Bill of Rights

After last week’s announcement that publisher HarperCollins is putting a cap on the number of times their e-books can be checked out from OverDrive, I’ve been even angrier than I usually am about the way publishers and distributors screw consumers and users of the rights they have with non-digital content. One of the main reasons [...]

Up and At ‘Em, Part 2

At this morning’s weekly Web Content Team meeting, we were informed by our supervisor that IT has decided to buy us all new laptops to replace our desktop PCs. I was very excited about this and mentioned my last blog post. We then talked about shifting my cubicle workspace a bit so that I can [...]

Up and At ‘Em!

As many people know, I’m pretty lazy. I’m a constant procrastinator and I frequently have to really push myself to get up off my tuchas and do something. I got to work this morning feeling really motivated to knock stuff off my to-do list and Get Things Done. But as soon as I was situated [...]

Kindling

My mother bought herself a new Kindle for Christmas and passed her Kindle 2 along to me. I have some pretty major problems with e-books, but I’m generally not one to turn down a gift, so here I am with a Kindle. I read my first book on the Kindle recently. I have to admit, [...]