January 2, 2010 – 4:13 pm
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed my personal patterns of writing and reading have changed significantly. Some of this has been in response to the changing technology of communication — the rise of social media, in particular. But some of it has also been about where I am in my life and my work.
Here’s [...]
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October 14, 2009 – 7:27 am
Today I’ll be liveblogging and tweeting a Las Vegas event by Metzger Associates: Social Media for Executives. It’s a small event for a select group of executives representing several types of companies.
The event is billed as a “strategic overview of how to evaluate key areas of your company including customer service, marketing communications and [...]
September 14, 2009 – 6:59 pm
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A month and a day after surgery to repair my torn ACL, here’s how I’m walking. Still have work to do, but it’s going well.
For comparison, my friend Michael says a month ago I was walking like Igor in this Young Frankenstein scene.
Oh, and by the way: My t-shirt here says: “Everywhere [...]
September 9, 2009 – 4:06 pm
Something weird is happening with my contacts list on my mac laptop and iPhone.
Background: Last week, my Macbook Pro’s hard drive crashed during a Snow Leopard install. The Apple Store replaced my drive, installed Snow Leopard, and told me to restore my data from my Time Machine backup. But Snow Leopard wouldn’t let me specify [...]
September 2, 2009 – 1:11 pm
While I’m here on my 3rd Apple Store visit in as many days to try to recover from a disaster triggered by my attempt to upgrade my Mac to the Snow Leopard OS X, here are some tips that might save other Mac users similar pain and frustration.
1. Back up your entire machine onto TWO [...]
September 2, 2009 – 11:00 am
I’m sitting in the Apple Store at 5656 Bay St., Emeryville, CA. It’s the third time I’ve been here in as many days, thanks to a series of unfortunate events spawned by my misguided effort to upgrade my Macbook Pro to the latest OS X, Snow Leopard.
I’ve been here about 3 hours so [...]
September 2, 2009 – 8:40 am
It’s the third day since I lost the use of my only computer, a Macbook pro, and I’m about to head off to the Bay St. Apple Store in Emeryville, CA for the third time to try to get it working again.
Please see my post yesterday explaining how a failed update to the much-heralded [...]
January 4, 2009 – 9:55 am
Image by niallkennedy via Flickr
This week I’m headed to the Bay Area for an extended visit. I have lots of friends there and there are plenty of cool things to do there. I’ve started mapping all this stuff on a private Google Map — where I’ll be staying, nearby public transit stops, gyms, massage clinics, [...]