Category Archives: Technology
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McCain! Twitterers have spoken
Posted by Elysa Rice in Social NetworkThis is only a small segment of how much McCain has inundated the twitter world. Author: Elysa Rice Blonde Computer Nerd. Texas Girl (Dallas to be exact). Community Manager for Bizzy. Social Media Club of Dallas Leadership. Lover of all things pink. Mac & Cheese fanatic. Apple Fangirl.
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Podcast Recommendations
Posted by Elysa Rice in TechnologyReader input REQUESTED! I have two questions related to podcasts. So first of all, in case you don’t know what a podcast is (I’m learning that not everyone is as much of an internet nerd as I am): podcast n. a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar programme, made available on the Internet [...]
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Phonevite
Posted by Elysa Rice in TechnologyToday I used Phonevite for the first time. I’ve seen a few reviews about this site but I’ve never used it. It’s quite fun in fact. This is tell-a-friend blurb on their website: Hi, just wanted to let you know about this new web service, called Phonevite http://www.phonevite.com, that allows me to send time-critical event [...]
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Where my peeps at?
Posted by Elysa Rice in Social NetworkThe New York Times calls Twitter "one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet." TIME Magazine says, "Twitter is on its way to becoming the next killer app," and Newsweek noted that "Suddenly, it seems as though all the world’s a-twitter." What will you think? http://twitter.com Are you following me? I’ve decided twitter is for [...]
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Working Together
Posted by Elysa Rice in TechnologyWhen I was first contacted a while back about joining a new network (I’ll tell you about it in a second) that would be launching soon, I was beyond excited. I have always loved to be part of a community. I like feeling like I am a part of something bigger. This is one of [...]
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Disconnected in a Connected World
Posted by Elysa Rice in TechnologyIn a day in age where almost everyone is instantly connected because of the marvels in technology I think we are more disconnected than ever. In one instant I can send a text message to 100+ of my friends and colleagues. What I also know is that being connected to the whole world makes it [...]
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Dating in the Internet age – To Google or not to Google?
Posted by Elysa Rice in Dating, Technology, WomenThis question is for all of the single ladies out there. Do you, or have you ever, googled someone you’ve gone out with? This question was sparked by this funny graphic I found via MakeUseOf. Author: Elysa Rice Blonde Computer Nerd. Texas Girl (Dallas to be exact). Community Manager for Bizzy. Social Media Club of [...]
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The ever changing desktop
Posted by Elysa Rice in Design, Photography, TechnologyI am obsessed with changing my wallpaper on my computers (yes there are more than one). Between work and home I regularly use 3 different computers. I have a 23" Mac monitor at work that is amazing at home I have an iMac and a PowerBook. I used to change my wallpaper on each computer [...]
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Meet me in the middle
Posted by Elysa Rice in Friends, TechnologySo everyone knows the girl from American Pie that says "this one time at band camp" well I am the girl who says "I found this website …". Literally that sentence comes up in day to day conversation all the time. So yesterday, I found this website … that is so cool (yes I’m a [...]
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WordPress Wednesday
Posted by Elysa Rice in TechnologyLet’s just start by saying GenPink runs on WordPress and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I *heart* WP! Heather also known as Oh My Stinkin Heck (OMSH) has created a new series called WordPress Wednesday. Today she is on week 3. If you use WP or plan on using it I highly recommend [...]
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Where’d they come from?
Posted by Elysa Rice in Fun, TechnologyMost people use blog stat trackers to help grow their blog, figure out information about their visitors, you know useful things. I decided today I’d use my Google Analytics information for entertainment. One of the many fancy features of google analytics is that you can see what keywords people were searching for that they ended [...]
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101 one hundred and ones
Posted by elysa in Career, Cooking, Design, Featured, Finances, Fun, Going Green, Health, Household, Technology101 one hundred and ones That would be one hundred and one, one hundred and ones, not one-O-ones. This is a list of 101 different 101 lists. The real question should be why does step by step instructions (101) have to be the same as a list of one hundred and one things (101). There [...]
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Can we please talk about something else now!
Posted by Elysa Rice in TechnologyI thought this was to funny not to share iPhatigue Don’t get me wrong, I am a Mac user and I would love to have an iPhone, or at least I did want one. At this point, I am getting so tired of seeing commercials and reading about the iPhone I might have changed my [...]
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On the Road Again
Posted by Elysa Rice in TechnologyPhoto Credit: dherrera_96 I got an email today stating that effective July 1 there will be several new laws for Texas drivers. One in particular caught my attention (no cell phone use without a hands free device) because I am headed on a road trip this weekend. The news of this almost sent me straight [...]
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The Photoshop Diet
Posted by elysa in Design, TechnologyWho needs a diet when we have Photoshop? Author: elysa Editor and Chief Bloggess of GenPink, Elysa calls herself a “professional geek girl”. She’s a Texas Girl (Dallas to be exact). Community Manager. Social Media Club of Dallas Leadership. Lover of all things pink. Mac & Cheese fanatic. Apple Fangirl.
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OMG, y’all I am so excited!
Posted by Elysa Rice in TechnologyOMG, y’all (yes I’m from Texas) I am so excited! A couple of weeks ago I was reading one of the many blogs that I follow and they announced that their was a new website to check out that was giving away a free ipod. So of course, I jumped right over to see what [...]
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Top 5 ways to entertain yourself when you are bored [at work]
Posted by elysa in Fun, TechnologyPhoto Credit: scraz I wonder why putting things in a “Top [insert number here] ” list suddenly makes them more important. Don’t you think the Top 5 Marking Tips sounds much more important than Marking Tips from John? There is a whole site dedicated to Top 5 lists. The idea of doing a Top 5 [...]
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What is GenPink?
Posted by elysa in TechnologyGenPink is short for Generation Pink. GenPink will be the ramblings and insights of living life as a twenty something working woman. Let’s just start with how this idea came to me. I am an idea person. Quite frequently I find myself coming up with new ideas about this or that. Most of the time [...]
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